Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Date: 20 Oct 2025 19:21:43 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <7dlhrlxmm6.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10c908i$3600i$2@dont-email.me> <68ea7364$0$12948$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <68eb8c02$0$24822$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10d0f0e$1u8bd$1@dont-email.me> <68f40083$0$28050$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10d1fah$26iq3$6@dont-email.me> <10d45nj$2tfd6$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net vahWnUxzLZBDETWhVyeQOwTbdjVRfpF+7orCsWIKz1UC3XVZQw Cancel-Lock: sha1:WqtK8unHiomiRjzKzg2U9h5Yy5s= sha256:7KVPoYHPnKSbrFrus8L8NJZZmmRfYaZJcwc9S1lxXos= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76429 On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:31:36 -0400, c186282 wrote: > The guy WAS ultra-smart ... however THAT take on things was just > WEIRD. I recently got an Anderson collection as an ebook. One of the first stories is from the early '50s. A guy invents a very efficient battery, for lack of a better word, that can be inexpensively produced from common materials. One of the first uses is the neighborhood hot rodder who sets up a cottage industry converting cars to electric motors. The technology solves many other problems involving electrical energy storage. The story does not end well. His wife was no slouch either. Her solo works never got as much exposure but several of the stories in the book were collaborations.