Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla manufacturing-robots named after X-Men superheroes

2014-11-21 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[Wow, that post came back as totally trashed. But the archive shows it as OK. So, please see http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Tesla-manufacturing-robots-named-after-X-Men-superheroes-tp4672732p4672733.html Perhaps the host-server the evdl.org is on was unhappy

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla manufacturing-robots named after X-Men superheroes

2014-11-21 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[sidebar, non EV so OT, but topic related > Computers were new, a "portable" computer weighed 40+ lbs< https://www.google.com/search?q=first+portable+computers&tbm=isch Images of the early portables, that were pre-windows type, that usually were mono-colored text screens. It was the lead-acid gel-

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla manufacturing-robots named after X-Men superheroes

2014-11-21 Thread Chris Tromley via EV
​Back in the old days, comic book heroes weren't a popular phenomenon. Computers were new, a "portable" computer weighed 40+ lbs and filled an entire desktop. We had three of them on carts in our lab. We called them Larry, Darryl and Darryl. Chris (Sorry if some EVDLers don't get that pop cul

[EVDL] EVLN: Tesla manufacturing-robots named after X-Men superheroes

2014-11-21 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/tesla-robots-get-x-men-names/ Tesla Robots Get X-Men Names November 18th, 2014 by Zachary Shahan Planetsave [image http://planetsave.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trim_line.jpg trim_line http://planetsave.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Tesla-X-Men-robots-