Re: GNU

From	Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: GNU
Date	2026-03-30 17:54 -0700
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On 3/30/26 13:35, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 29/03/2026 19:39, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 29/03/2026 11:21, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>>> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 29/03/26 01:23, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Education can have an effect, in the long run.
>>>>>>> The use of 'horsepower' for example has decreased markedly,
>>>>>>> after a generation of teaching SI.
>>>>>>> It may get stamped out, in the very long run,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It helps that you don't see many horses on city streets these days.
>>>>>
>>>>> And no one measures the power of a horse in horse power anyway,
>>>>>
>>>> Well originally they did.
>>>>
>>>> Back in the day the purveyor of steam engines needed a marketing method
>>>> to tell his potential buyers how many  horses on a treadmill they could
>>>> replace with a single steam engine, for the purposes of e.g. driving
>>>> pumps or whatever. Horses being the answer to any need for mechanical
>>>> power.
>>>
>>> That's it. Nothing but a marketting device.
>>>
>>>> In fact a race horse or a strong draft horse can develop many 'brake
>>>> horsepower' for a limited time.
>>>>
>>>> Even a human can just about crack a horsepower when e.g. cycling
>>>
>>> Not really, except for very short periods,
>>
>> Exactly, very short periods
>>
>>> but then a horse would still do much better.
>>> A standard for human power was set long ago by Eddie Merckx.
>>> He achieved 400 Watt for an hour on a fixed bicycle.
>>> (so about half a horsepower)
>>>
>>> The number was of some relevance in the days
>>> when human-powered flight was attempted,
>>>
>> It still is, Ive seen some asian bloke do a huge round trip on a self
>> powered plane
> 
> That is quite impossible. You've been had by some youtube fake.
> The Santorini flight, at slightly over a hundred kilometer,
> is the longest human powered flight ever.
> (Guess the name of the plane)
> 
>> 400W is probably it,
> 
> Yes, slightly more in the meantime no doubt,
> but Eddy Merckx set a landmark,
> (spelling corrected)
> 
> Jan
> 
> 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-powered_aircraft>

	Well that is not too far but it was a Greek set the World Record.
> The longest human-powered flight was achieved by Kanellos Kanellopoulos, who pedaled the Daedalus 88 aircraft for 115.11 km (71.52 miles) from Crete to Santorini on April 23, 1988, lasting nearly four hours. This flight set world records for both distance and duration for human-powered fixed-wing aircraft.
> Wikipedia Guinness World Records

	bliss

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