Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-10-03 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016, at 03:04 PM, Andy Random via Hampshire wrote: > I'm hoping to be there, any idea how long the talk is? The talk itself will probably be around 40 minutes; with the refreshments and the lightning talks I guess it will be an hour or a bit over in total. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-10-03 Thread Andy Random via Hampshire
Thanks for the heads up Thomas. I'm hoping to be there, any idea how long the talk is? On Tue, 27 Sep 2016, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: Hi all, The next Southampton Python User Group meeting will be on Monday, with a talk about robotic sailing: When: 6pm, Monday 3rd October Where:

Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-09-28 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016, at 02:22 PM, Gordon Scott via Hampshire wrote: > I remember an article some years ago about a robot auto-navigation > voyage in which, as so often happens in cars, they'd put in a slightly > wrong name and the yacht ended up on the west coast of America, rather > than in

Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-09-28 Thread Paul Tansom via Hampshire
** Gordon Scott via Hampshire [2016-09-28 10:55]: > On 27/09/16 14:03, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: > >hear about how we used Python and Linux to make a boat sail itself, > > :-> Hmm, but my 86 year old gaff yawl does that, up to a point at least, > with no

Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-09-28 Thread Gordon Scott via Hampshire
On 28/09/16 12:12, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: On Wed, Sep 28, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Gordon Scott via Hampshire wrote: Why would I want a robot if I can just lash the tiller, trim the mizzen and sit back and marvel at what the old lady does all on her own? A speaker introducing the

Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-09-28 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Gordon Scott via Hampshire wrote: > Why would I want a robot if I can just lash the tiller, trim the mizzen > and sit back and marvel at what the old lady does all on her own? A speaker introducing the conference after the competition did trace the history of

Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-09-28 Thread Gordon Scott via Hampshire
On 27/09/16 14:03, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: hear about how we used Python and Linux to make a boat sail itself, :-> Hmm, but my 86 year old gaff yawl does that, up to a point at least, with no robotics at all :-> Why would I want a robot if I can just lash the tiller, trim

[Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)

2016-09-27 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
Hi all, The next Southampton Python User Group meeting will be on Monday, with a talk about robotic sailing: When: 6pm, Monday 3rd October Where: Room 1083, Nuffield Theatre (Building 6), University of Southampton. (Right by the university bus interchange, if you're coming on public transport)