Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux Subject: Re: Trouble with laptop display Date: 21 Jul 2025 04:42:37 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <7tfkklx99v.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1g2p8dv6u6h04.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <105af0o$koge$5@dont-email.me> <105brt7$c5tt$1@paganini.bofh.team> <105d6k3$1voed$11@dont-email.me> <105earh$lc88$1@paganini.bofh.team> <105ecvn$296vq$1@dont-email.me> <105ei0e$2aehq$1@dont-email.me> <105f0n3$2buu9$1@dont-email.me> <105g70k$2p7tu$1@dont-email.me> <105hs4v$36j6t$1@dont-email.me> <105ik8q$3b1co$1@dont-email.me> <105jnom$3i7u7$1@dont-email.me> <105k2f7$3kc9n$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OxL0FJ34gJ3ArZcvedbXMguMQCBgYjREfhMqrKRUyHqWH4Rtdn Cancel-Lock: sha1:SPwDDszXj/s53J+84go/DBIXDvc= sha256:5S3eO8n9lh9YiUNAO7LqSBj43CXw7tugGik92T7u1XE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69800 alt.os.linux:81811 On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:43:17 -0400, Paul wrote: > There are people on USENET, who have more than one robot, and they're > first generation and just awful. This is one of the disadvantages of > being an early adopter. The first generation robots, a lot of them were > "greeters", that could barely bring a tray to your table with your meal. > And they weren't cheap either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimate The Unimaetes were my first exposure. The GE Somersworth watt-hour meter plant used the on the die cast meter base line. They would insert magnets, wait for the machine to cycle, grab the part when the die opened, knock off the sprue, and toss the base in a bin. I wouldn't want one pouring my coffee; they were big, fast, and did not deviate from their programmed route. That was the early '70s. We were building automated presses for the phenolic molding operation and I would take a break to watch them when we were installing the equipment. I saw the future. Then came the oil embargo, the subsequent sending manufacturing to third world countries, and the demise of the US machine tool industry. I don't know if the decay is reversible but it would be nice to see the US become something more than baristas and pea pickers again.