Good point, so how shall we properly say that it's dying?

Two examples of why your smart-ass attempt is actually wrong:

die off
To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: Rabbits were dying off in that county. [Dust has a population]

die out
To cease living completely; become extinct: tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago. [tribes nor customs/cultures are technically "living" entities by your definition]

I guarantee you EVE makes plenty enough money to support Dust.

A set of customs is not living, though it is used by a living population.

DUST is not living, though it is used by a living population.

All computer programs are by their very nature defined by "living organisms."

op is dumb

Tell me, would you say that a true AI isn't alive? I know it's all semantics and science fiction but it can be argued that biology isn't a requirement to being "alive".

Colloquialisms are not "inaccurate," they are just traditionally not used in formal speech. You are arbitrarily declaring a sub-set of rules of the English language to be temporarily "void."

1, 2. Colloquial, conversational, informal refer to types of speech or to usages not on a formal level. Colloquial is often mistakenly used with a connotation of disapproval, as if it meant GÇ£vulgarGÇ¥ or GÇ£badGÇ¥ or GÇ£incorrectGÇ¥ usage, whereas it is merely a familiar style used in speaking and writing. Conversational refers to a style used in the oral exchange of ideas, opinions, etc.: an easy conversational style. Informal means without formality, without strict attention to set forms, unceremonious: an informal manner of speaking; it describes the ordinary, everyday language of cultivated speakers.

In short, you are simply uneducated on the matter and are in error.

No, not clever, just a troll trying to be clever and funny and failing at both, especially with this obvious miss-use of "my little fish" where you break even your own arbitrary rules.

Anywho, my dinner is now done so I'm off. Thank you for providing entertainment while I was waiting for the oven, have a pleasant day!

Hey Seymor and Xocoyol you guys are going off topic here

I wasn't using dust as an example, I was making a point that just because its a computer program or non biological doesn't mean that it's not alive, the thing is the word alive is used as a metaphor in this sense, where we attribute a biological condition to it where we can better describe and empathise with its current state.

Ok so we know that Dust isn't alive alright just drop it lol, it all started with Xocoyols first post in this thread