Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:45:58 -0400, c186282 wrote:

> On 7/27/26 01:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 27/07/2026 05:35, Farley Flud wrote:
>>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:31:31 -0700, Epherma wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> See also the suppression of Xlibre by huge corporate interests. A
>>>> very much related phenomenom.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A most excellent point.
>>>
>>> The corps have decreed that it will be systemd and wayland and nothing
>>> else will be permitted.
>>>
>> I hate all those corporate interests that have decreed that all wheels
>> will be round and shod with black rubber.
>> How dare they!
> 
>    Damned straight ! Square wheels would be MUCH more fun !!! :-)

An insensitive term used in some circles for someone with a pronounced 
limp is 'flat wheel'. That goes back to railroads where locking up the 
wheels during an emergency stop creates flat spots. No fun. You can 
sometimes hear them while waiting at a crossing.

You can do it with rubber tires too. It's gotten much better with ABS 
systems but when bobtailing (the tractor part of a 18 wheeler without the 
trailer) the airbrakes were capable of locking up the drivers. You really 
tried not to.