Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 22 Mar 2026 05:40:00 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <10pdfvs$3j84g$1@dont-email.me> <10pdtro$3mv8s$9@dont-email.me> <10pdul6$3nn80$2@dont-email.me> <10pe0bk$3oq88$3@dont-email.me> <1rs65e1.nr757l176812cN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10pe8l4$3rg2l$4@dont-email.me> <1rs7s0y.c1yy7u122poftN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10ph5c2$r0h1$1@dont-email.me> <10phfcn$uq1s$1@dont-email.me> <10pknt4$21f81$2@dont-email.me> <5tburkp6si08rlvr4rt99uk64tsb64326k@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VK9+e6z7GWys2OKT2RUFYAPZiOhK5HbXCurcWDjIWokuTCvbQG Cancel-Lock: sha1:iMHnVYY2mINhPnIcK5z1i0w+Xxo= sha256:EEv4Fuo+TzuIgVS0CZWp/YojD55pPOxBj8ZbsZZWf9E= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83690 alt.usage.english:1140364 On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 02:00:08 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > On 21 Mar 2026 05:04:17 GMT, rbowman wrote: > >>On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:14:26 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote: >> >>> Electric cars are efficient and a good choice, and can get quite fast >>> - some achieving speeds over 200 km/h, and today 160 km/h might even >>> be the state of the art for the base tier, but I mean >>> especially/specifically the ones made with larger dimensions to carry >>> more people, and which go with metallic wheels on metallic surfaces, >>> and which receive power from overhead wires. >> >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Greater_Boston > > Trolley buses have rubber tyres and do not run on metallic surfaces. > > You are probably thinking of trams: > > No I was thinking of the Boston trolleys as electrified vehicles that do not run on rails. I'm familiar wit the other variety too. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=127777