Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 15 Mar 2025 19:38:33 GMT Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <14CAP.1016154$t84d.149778@fx11.iad> <1717508286.763690820.965450.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net BfCpnCJ3+KZSVxaC3HCOcQ5t8xMDFI79TdLvkR6BFezXhyr5br Cancel-Lock: sha1:LgTKaTLx7SnRU+oQJFlEHRqmh/8= sha256:prQmZvIoeyi7khe7QIbHE3xz1/BopjByOYIQ4hrOTXo= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:230610 comp.os.linux.misc:66414 On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 17:19:18 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote: > Peter Flass writes: >>Scott Lurndal wrote: >>> rbowman writes: >>>> On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:56:17 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2025-03-12, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 12/03/2025 08:47, c186282 wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>   Americans are practical ...   :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>   Pronounce it straight-up and simply. >>>>>> >>>>>> Segue = Seeg >>>>> >>>>> No, "Segway". :-) >>>> >>>> Wasn't that a suicidal two wheel device? Are they still around? >>> >>> My dad and I rented one in San Diego a decade ago - the were a lot of >>> fun and easy to use. >>> >>> >>You would know better than I, but don’t they have gyros that make them >>hard to tip over? > > Yes, but it takes a minute or two to get used to leaning in the right > direction, by the right amount at the right time. Do you lean in the direction you want to go or the other way? Most ten year olds master riding a bicycle. Many years later I took a motorcycle course that explained the physics of countersteering. I was much better off not thinking about it.