Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:24:43 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <1rspefm.1yoofvr1xiiol1N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc65n$1silm$23@dont-email.me> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:24:49 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5a127798ce1a337216e5aed0a31bbf18"; logging-data="2272013"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/GD817Gar3rsQrOoTmTF/n5xFUtnIY+O0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:n8bIXFYCxO/Y34ca8zFrJmkZyuc= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84574 alt.usage.english:1141530 rbowman was thinking very hard : > On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:39:03 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 29/03/2026 19:04, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> On 2026-03-29, J. J. Lodder wrote: >>> >>>> It is a common mistake to think of torque and power as very different >>>> aspects of engine performance. >>>> Actually, Power is Torque times Revolutions/second. (times a constant) >>>> (But this fundamental physics is usually hidden by expressing all of >>>> those in unsuitable units) >>>> >>>> The only reason for their difference is that max power is developed at >>>> a higher rpm than max torque. >>>> However, torque and power characteristics don't differ that much >>>> between engines. >>>> >>>> The distinction is more useful for techie-talk between believers than >>>> for actually making much of a difference in performance. >>>> In this it is somewhat like hi-fiology. >>> >>> However, torque is what determines acceleration. >>> That's why it's considered sigificant, e.g. in drag racing. >>> >> Well at the wheels perhaps, but since a gearbox can adjust torque to ant >> value you want, the concept is in the limit idiotic >> >> Only Anericans stuck with three speed auto boxes of limited range needed >> *torque*, IIRC the 3-speeds were primarily in V8s, but I didn't check a lot of American sticks in my early days ... imported Bugs and Datsun 510s were more common, and the automatic had already taken over most big cars. >> The rest of us simply changed down a gear > > That may be why MGBs didn't show up at drag strips very often. Perhaps you can pop in one of these transmissions: You get to choose how many gears you have. /dps -- Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage. Bradley Wertheim, theAtlantic.com, Jan 10 2013