On 2025-07-16 18:52, VanguardLH wrote:
Take a flashlight, and shine it at the display at an angle. Can you see
what would have been displayed if the backlamps came on?
I can easily try that. [...] You are absolutely right, I can see the
Compaq logo as it tries to boot.
So, unless it is a faulty cable, it is garbage time.
On 2025-07-19 04:42, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 7/18/25 15:31, Paul wrote:
On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:
On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of laptops
So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you could send it to >>>>>> all the peole here who thingk that replacing a screen and cable is >>>>>> a doddle..:-)
The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves are:
Change/upgrade HDD/SSD Upgrade Memory Apply new CPU thermal paste
Clean internal fan Change keyboard (but very rarely!!)
Change battery (but requires unscrewing the old one on thin laptops
- not accessible easily these days)
*cannot* do themselves Open the fucking thing up without destroying
it!
Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.
They're just screws, they won't bite :-)
No but they will roll away and hide. Use a clean unused muffin
tin
to confine them to work area.
If you can grab them before they jump.
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using
a single tin is problematic.
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:11:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using
a single tin is problematic.
You should note what came from where, a very simple way to document it all
is to video the disassembly, then you can refer back when rebuilding it.
Without one storing the screws usually isn't the issue for me, it's
finding where they've hidden them under pads/stickers/trim on the
laptop.
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:11:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-19 04:42, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 7/18/25 15:31, Paul wrote:
On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:
On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of laptops
So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you could send it to >>>>>>> all the peole here who thingk that replacing a screen and cable is >>>>>>> a doddle..:-)
The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves are:
Change/upgrade HDD/SSD Upgrade Memory Apply new CPU thermal paste
Clean internal fan Change keyboard (but very rarely!!)
Change battery (but requires unscrewing the old one on thin laptops >>>>>> - not accessible easily these days)
*cannot* do themselves Open the fucking thing up without destroying
it!
Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.
They're just screws, they won't bite :-)
No but they will roll away and hide. Use a clean unused muffin >>> tin
to confine them to work area.
If you can grab them before they jump.
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using
a single tin is problematic.
You should note what came from where, a very simple way to document it all
is to video the disassembly, then you can refer back when rebuilding it.
Service manuals tell you all that anyway, and I already posted a link to
the service manual for this laptop. Without one it can be hard, but with
a good manual like that everything's much easier.
Without one storing the screws usually isn't the issue for me, it's
finding where they've hidden them under pads/stickers/trim on the
laptop.
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:11:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-19 04:42, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 7/18/25 15:31, Paul wrote:
On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:
On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of laptops
So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you could send it to >>>>>>> all the peole here who thingk that replacing a screen and cable is >>>>>>> a doddle..:-)
The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves are:
Change/upgrade HDD/SSD Upgrade Memory Apply new CPU thermal paste
Clean internal fan Change keyboard (but very rarely!!)
Change battery (but requires unscrewing the old one on thin laptops >>>>>> - not accessible easily these days)
*cannot* do themselves Open the fucking thing up without destroying
it!
Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.
They're just screws, they won't bite :-)
No but they will roll away and hide. Use a clean unused muffin >>> tin
to confine them to work area.
If you can grab them before they jump.
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using
a single tin is problematic.
You should note what came from where, a very simple way to document it all
is to video the disassembly, then you can refer back when rebuilding it.
Oh you unfamiliar with the concept! A muffin tin is a bakingtool
has a number of cups to hold the muffin dough. So that one tin has from
8 to 12 cups on it and the fewer cups, the larger the individual cup are
so that your screws have plenty of space>
On 20 Jul 2025 09:55:51 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
Without one storing the screws usually isn't the issue for me, it's
finding where they've hidden them under pads/stickers/trim on the
laptop.
It was so long ago I don't even remember what it was, maybe a Cpmpaq, but
I managed to pour half a cup of coffee on a laptop keyboard. Replacement wasn't difficult -- as long as you had the secret guide to the concealed fasteners.
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:43:11 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
Oh you unfamiliar with the concept! A muffin tin is a bakingtool
that
has a number of cups to hold the muffin dough. So that one tin has from
8 to 12 cups on it and the fewer cups, the larger the individual cup are
so that your screws have plenty of space>
That's fine until you knock the muffin tin off the workbench.
amazon.com/10-Piece-Magnetic-Holder-Stainless-Organization/dp/B08LG9M39F
Of course, that assumes the screws are magnetic. I recently assembled a PiDog.
https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pidog/en/latest/
I think the smallest screws were M1.5x3 and the largest were M3x6. All the fasteners were in separate ziplock bags and identified but keeping track
of them was fun. The magenetic holders saved me several times.
Unfortunately the plastic push rivets weren't magnetic but they were a
little easier to keep track of.
My eyes and my patience ain't what they used to be.
The cat isn't sure what it is but suddenly decided it was time for a
stroll outside.
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:43:11 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
Oh you unfamiliar with the concept! A muffin tin is a bakingtool
that
has a number of cups to hold the muffin dough. So that one tin has from
8 to 12 cups on it and the fewer cups, the larger the individual cup are
so that your screws have plenty of space>
That's fine until you knock the muffin tin off the workbench.
amazon.com/10-Piece-Magnetic-Holder-Stainless-Organization/dp/B08LG9M39F
Of course, that assumes the screws are magnetic. I recently assembled a PiDog.It shows good sense
https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pidog/en/latest/
I think the smallest screws were M1.5x3 and the largest were M3x6. All the fasteners were in separate ziplock bags and identified but keeping track
of them was fun. The magenetic holders saved me several times.
Unfortunately the plastic push rivets weren't magnetic but they were a
little easier to keep track of.
My eyes and my patience ain't what they used to be.
The cat isn't sure what it is but suddenly decided it was time for a
stroll outside.
On Sun, 7/20/2025 1:29 AM, rbowman wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:43:11 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/analysis-robots-achieve-what-humans-never-will-assembling-an-ikea-chair-in-less-than-21-minutes
It took three years, to program the robot arms to assemble an Ikea chair (peg based).
(The "programming" being the sequential series of tools to allow the robot
to autonomously plan the whole project. It's not just playback of a fixed set of motions. The robots plan the whole thing for themselves. )
The robot goes all the way from comparing the pieces to a 3D library
of finished items, to determine what kind of object the parts
can be assembled to produce. Like other entities,
the robots did not read the instructions.
The putting-the-side-of-the-chair-on is pretty cool. With the
robot arms acting as "master" and "follow the leader".
And it didn't snap the pegs off. You would think in three years,
they would have trashed the chair several times while
attempting assembly.
On 7/19/25 06:36, Simon wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:11:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-19 04:42, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 7/18/25 15:31, Paul wrote:
On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:
On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of laptops
So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you could send it to >>>>>>>> all the peole here who thingk that replacing a screen and cable is >>>>>>>> a doddle..:-)
The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves are:
Change/upgrade HDD/SSD Upgrade Memory Apply new CPU thermal paste >>>>>>> Clean internal fan Change keyboard (but very rarely!!)
Change battery (but requires unscrewing the old one on thin laptops >>>>>>> - not accessible easily these days)
*cannot* do themselves Open the fucking thing up without destroying >>>>>> it!
Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.
They're just screws, they won't bite :-)
No but they will roll away and hide. Use a clean unused muffin >>>> tin
to confine them to work area.
If you can grab them before they jump.
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using
a single tin is problematic.
Oh you unfamiliar with the concept! A muffin tin is a baking tool that has a
number of cups to hold the muffin dough. So that one tin has from 8 to 12 cups on it and the fewer cups, the larger the individual cup are so that
your
screws have plenty of space>
You should note what came from where, a very simple way to document it
all
is to video the disassembly, then you can refer back when rebuilding it.
In any video the problem is distinguishing any tiny part from another.
bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.07- Linux 6.12.39- Plasma 5.27.11
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
On 2025-07-20 06:43, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 7/19/25 06:36, Simon wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:11:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-19 04:42, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 7/18/25 15:31, Paul wrote:
On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:
On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of
So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you
could send it to all the peole here who thingk that
replacing a screen and cable is a doddle..:-)
The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves
are:
Change/upgrade HDD/SSD Upgrade Memory Apply new CPU
thermal paste Clean internal fan Change keyboard (but
very rarely!!) Change battery (but requires unscrewing
the old one on thin laptops - not accessible easily
these days)
laptops *cannot* do themselves Open the fucking thing up
without destroying it!
Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.
They're just screws, they won't bite :-)
No but they will roll away and hide. Use a clean unused
muffin tin to confine them to work area.
If you can grab them before they jump.
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length.
So using a single tin is problematic.
Oh you unfamiliar with the concept! A muffin tin is a baking tool
that has a number of cups to hold the muffin dough. So that one
tin has from 8 to 12 cups on it and the fewer cups, the larger the
individual cup are so that your screws have plenty of space>
Oh, language problem here. I did not realize what muffin tin you were
talking about. English is not my first language.
Ice cube boxes :-) Or egg boxes.
I had forgotten them.
In my 20x I could disassemble something and remember where everything
went. Not any longer.
In my 20x I could disassemble something and remember where everything
went. Not any longer.
On 2025-07-20 13:34, Paul wrote:
On Sun, 7/20/2025 1:29 AM, rbowman wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:43:11 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/analysis-robots-achieve-what-
humans-never-will-assembling-an-ikea-chair-in-less-than-21-minutes
It took three years, to program the robot arms to assemble an Ikea
chair (peg based).
(The "programming" being the sequential series of tools to allow the
robot
to autonomously plan the whole project. It's not just playback of a
fixed set
of motions. The robots plan the whole thing for themselves. )
The robot goes all the way from comparing the pieces to a 3D library
of finished items, to determine what kind of object the parts
can be assembled to produce. Like other entities,
the robots did not read the instructions.
The putting-the-side-of-the-chair-on is pretty cool. With the
robot arms acting as "master" and "follow the leader".
And it didn't snap the pegs off. You would think in three years,
they would have trashed the chair several times while
attempting assembly.
Wow.
On 7/20/25 12:04, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-20 13:34, Paul wrote:
On Sun, 7/20/2025 1:29 AM, rbowman wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:43:11 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
absolutely nothing as far as I can recall about this topic.>
Robots are slowly increasing their capacities for making things but unlike many other entities I read the instructions and in less than 8 hours with the help of a second pair of hands assembled my new bed frame
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/analysis-robots-achieve-what- humans-never-will-assembling-an-ikea-chair-in-less-than-21-minutes
It took three years, to program the robot arms to assemble an Ikea chair (peg based).
(The "programming" being the sequential series of tools to allow the robot >>> to autonomously plan the whole project. It's not just playback of a fixed set
of motions. The robots plan the whole thing for themselves. )
The robot goes all the way from comparing the pieces to a 3D library
of finished items, to determine what kind of object the parts
can be assembled to produce. Like other entities,
the robots did not read the instructions.
The putting-the-side-of-the-chair-on is pretty cool. With the
robot arms acting as "master" and "follow the leader".
And it didn't snap the pegs off. You would think in three years,
they would have trashed the chair several times while
attempting assembly.
Wow.
which is all metal with a lot of parts. I need the second pair of hands
to remove the old mattress as I no longer have the strength to do so alone. That was in 2022.
A robot to help would be very useful but would be out of my
price range for a long time to come.
bliss
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.
There is that sinking feeling when you have everything buttoned up and realize you have a screw left over. That's when you start singing the
old Meatloaf song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVvXWUAKtus
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
On 2025-07-21 11:41, Daniel70 wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
Assembling a robot is just following instructions. Robots programming
robots would be the important trick.
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots. Unfortunately
I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title might
be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the
robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take
apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since
robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen
lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon.
It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
On 2025-07-21 19:35, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots. Unfortunately
I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title might
be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the
robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take
apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since
robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen
lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon.
It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
I remember another history, set in the Asimov Robot City universe, in which there were robot cells. Put many together, throw a positronic mind, and a power cell, and it would shape itself into a robot, of any shape.
No wikipedia article, funny. The link is red.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_City
On Mon, 7/21/2025 1:55 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-21 19:35, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots. Unfortunately >>> I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title might >>> be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the
robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take
apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since
robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen
lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon.
It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
I remember another history, set in the Asimov Robot City universe, in which there were robot cells. Put many together, throw a positronic mind, and a power cell, and it would shape itself into a robot, of any shape.
No wikipedia article, funny. The link is red.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_City
It's not red. It is perhaps not finished (sitting in draft?).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City
Here is a video with some self-assembling robots. One robot
has managed to stack a second robot, which begins to move. Presumably
the footing they are working on top of, exists for environments which
lack gravity.
MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94FDMGLwCc
On 2025-07-19 14:11, Carlos E.R. wrote:
[screws]
Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using
a single tin is problematic.
I use a large clutter free workspace like, say, a cleared kitchen
worktop, and as I remove the screws I place them within named circles on
a sheet of paper which I place slightly apart from the rest of the work
so that it will not be disturbed - depending on the laptop usually
you'll need circles such as Keyboard, Palm Rest, HD, DVD, Screen, Base,
etc. That way I know which screws belong where, regardless of slight differences is length or thread, etc.
On 22/07/2025 3:55 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-21 19:35, Charlie Gibbs wrote:Not RED for me. Clicking your link takes we to a page which shows ....
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots. Unfortunately >>> I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title
might
be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the
robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take
apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since
robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen
lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon.
It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
I remember another history, set in the Asimov Robot City universe, in
which there were robot cells. Put many together, throw a positronic
mind, and a power cell, and it would shape itself into a robot, of any
shape.
No wikipedia article, funny. The link is red.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_City
Quote
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robot City may refer to:
Robot City, a fictional city in the 2005 Blue Sky Studios film Robots
* Isaac Asimov's Robot City, a series of science fiction novels * written by multiple authors, inspired by Isaac Asimov's Robot series.
Robot City (game), a computer game developed by Brooklyn Multimedia and released in 1995, based on the book series
On 2025-07-21 19:35, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of
Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots. Unfortunately
I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title might
be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the
robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take
apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since
robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen
lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon.
It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
I remember another history, set in the Asimov Robot City universe, in
which there were robot cells. Put many together, throw a positronic
mind, and a power cell, and it would shape itself into a robot, of any
shape.
No wikipedia article, funny. The link is red.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_City
On 22/07/2025 8:08 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:Not for me.
On 2025-07-22 11:57, Daniel70 wrote:From that page ....
On 22/07/2025 3:55 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-21 19:35, Charlie Gibbs wrote:Not RED for me. Clicking your link takes we to a page which shows ....
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of >>>>>> Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots.
Unfortunately
I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title
might
be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the >>>>> robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take >>>>> apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since >>>>> robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen >>>>> lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon. >>>>> It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
I remember another history, set in the Asimov Robot City universe,
in which there were robot cells. Put many together, throw a
positronic mind, and a power cell, and it would shape itself into a
robot, of any shape.
No wikipedia article, funny. The link is red.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_City
Quote
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robot City may refer to:
Robot City, a fictional city in the 2005 Blue Sky Studios film
Robots
* Isaac Asimov's Robot City, a series of science fiction novels * >>> written by multiple authors, inspired by Isaac Asimov's Robot series.
Robot City (game), a computer game developed by Brooklyn >>> Multimedia and released in 1995, based on the book series
The link marked with ** above shows in red to me.
Screenshot: <https://paste.opensuse.org/29f504172f63>
"Blue Sky Studios", "Robots", "Isaac Asimov's Robot City", "Isaac
Asimov's Robot series", "Robot City (game)", "disambiguation" and
"internal link" all show as Blue Clickable links for me.
On 2025-07-22 11:57, Daniel70 wrote:
On 22/07/2025 3:55 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-21 19:35, Charlie Gibbs wrote:Not RED for me. Clicking your link takes we to a page which shows ....
On 2025-07-21, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 20/07/2025 9:34 pm, Paul wrote:
<Snip>
Your first robot, should have been one with hands,
so it could assemble your other robots for you.
Hmmm! Robots assembling Robots!! Isn't that part of the backstory of >>>>> Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Terminator" string of films??
I once read a short story about robots assembling robots.
Unfortunately
I can remember neither the author nor the title (although the title
might
be something like "How the World Ended"). The basic idea was that the >>>> robots had an overriding desire to build more robots, and would take
apart other machinery to get parts. This brought an end to war, since >>>> robots would disassemble weapons to get parts to build more robots.
In the end robots became a sort of natural resource: take half a dozen >>>> lower halves of robots, lay a plank across them, and you have a wagon. >>>> It was a clever story; I wish I could find it again.
I remember another history, set in the Asimov Robot City universe, in
which there were robot cells. Put many together, throw a positronic
mind, and a power cell, and it would shape itself into a robot, of
any shape.
No wikipedia article, funny. The link is red.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_City
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robot City may refer to:
Robot City, a fictional city in the 2005 Blue Sky Studios film
Robots
* Isaac Asimov's Robot City, a series of science fiction novels *
written by multiple authors, inspired by Isaac Asimov's Robot series.
Robot City (game), a computer game developed by Brooklyn
Multimedia and released in 1995, based on the book series
The link marked with ** above shows in red to me.
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