Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Open-Source Armchair Critics At It Again Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:48:13 +0200 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <1145p0t$2l6ge$2@dont-email.me> <114631q$2ojqr$2@dont-email.me> <875x205yx5.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <1148490$3c3hi$8@dont-email.me> <1149r0u$3tkg5$3@dont-email.me> <114a02f$3tkg5$17@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net G+5K0AyN3DoJJXvrn86nYw4dKQy5x/EdOfWjsvkt4tI/D3JlHs Cancel-Lock: sha1:OE/BbhArkM6oV914OXIDnTTYGlM= sha256:yw6jGXvZNZxHrDA2QsGXhI6Z4wkwt5YoY4AF3N+x5rY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <114a02f$3tkg5$17@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89169 On 2026-07-28 12:25, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 28/07/2026 10:59, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 2026-07-28 10:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 27/07/2026 18:55, Carlos E. R. wrote: >>>> On 2026-07-27 19:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>> On 27/07/2026 14:45, Andreas Eder wrote: >>> >>>>> Where does the electricity come from then? >>>> >>>> Irrelevant. The car itself doesn't use fuel :-D >>>> >>> Depends on your definition of 'fuel' >>> >>> >> >> It combusts with oxygen producing heat and expands dramatically. >> > So uranium isn't 'fuel' then. And organic life doesn't use 'fuel' either? > > It's a loose term, used by people today in many different contexts > beyond 'something for the fire' which is where the word originates... > > Today its more used as 'something that can supply 'free energy' (free in > the thermodynamic sense, not economic) > > In the context of cars, no, I restrict it. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;