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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups	alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject	Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution
Date	2017-03-28 22:45 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yxtyplxpjs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
References	(10 earlier) <2017032712530095731-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <op.yxtbymhnjs98qf@red.lan> <280320171202550086%nospam@nospam.invalid> <pu3ldc5104iqfl6a1c0od8cr69p5t8voi7@4ax.com> <dbcldc5iilgd5mrj9qvam6uhh8fmlnonin@4ax.com>

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On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:55:39 +0100, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:32:54 -0700, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:02:55 -0400, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <op.yxtbymhnjs98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> >>>> Except many companies will say "we have 50 years of experience", or at
>>>> >>>> least "50 years of combined experience" or similar.  And it does make
>>>> >>>> sense.  20 + 30 does equal 50 years of experience.  Those two mechanics
>>>> >>>> have probably learned as much as one working for 50 years.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Unlikely. NUMBERS work that way (20+30=50). Experience doesn't. There's
>>>> >>> no addition there.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Yes there is.  If you work for 50 years, you accumulate a certain
>>>> >> amount of experience.  Two of you working for 25 years accumulate it
>>>> >> twice as fast.
>>>> >
>>>> > Nope!
>>>> > All you get in that example is two folks with 25 years experience, not
>>>> > one with 50 years experience.
>>>>
>>>> Two people with 25 years experience are more likely to be able to fix the
>>>> problem than one of them.  They will have learned different things.
>>>
>>> that's two people with overlapping 25 years of experience, *not* the
>>> same as 50 years experience.
>>>
>>> taken to extreme, 25 people with 1 year experience is not the same as 1
>>> person with 25 years experience.
>>
>>
>> And perhaps most important, at least some of the times, 1 person with
>> 25 years experience *is* the same as 1 person with 1 years experience.
>
> LOL In a previous job, we had a guy who had 26 years in telecom IT, but
> folks would describe him as having 1 year of experience, repeated 26
> times.

My point exactly.  The chances of the one person over 50 years repeating things twice is about the same as two people over 25 years learning the same as each other.  So 2 x 25 = 50.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-27 13:52 -0500
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-27 19:56 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 15:17 -0400
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-27 17:17 -0500
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 19:37 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-28 14:02 -0500
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 21:27 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-03-28 15:31 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 22:19 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-03-28 21:20 +0000
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-28 13:54 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 22:53 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Sam E <why.should.this@be.email.invalid> - 2017-03-28 19:50 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-29 19:53 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-29 14:25 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-29 13:11 -0700
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-28 21:42 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-29 22:24 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-27 12:53 -0700
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 14:33 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-28 12:02 -0400
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-03-28 09:32 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-28 13:55 -0500
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-03-28 13:32 -0700
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 22:45 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-28 21:17 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-29 22:23 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-29 15:06 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-28 14:14 -0500

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