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

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	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	2017-04-18 14:08 -0700
Message-ID	<D51BCE79.A02F7%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References	(16 earlier) <op.yyqri2rxjs98qf@red.lan> <150420171159318350%nospam@nospam.invalid> <op.yywr4ptajs98qf@red.lan> <D51BCB76.A02DC%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <op.yywsof1ijs98qf@red.lan>

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On 4/18/17, 2:01 PM, in article op.yywsof1ijs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:56:06 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/18/17, 1:49 PM, in article op.yywr4ptajs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:59:31 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> In article <op.yyqri2rxjs98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> it's cyan. it's not light blue. that's why it's called cyan ink and
>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> light blue ink.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I used to have a printer with SIX ink cartridges. IIRC they were cyan,
>>>>>>>>> light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, black.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> yep. that provides for a wider colour gamut than just cmyk.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So the manufacturer says.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> because it's true, confirmed by colour theory and real world prints.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah right.  Sponsored by the ink manufacturers.
>>>> 
>>>> nope. colour theory is math.
>>> 
>>> I think you mean maths.  It's short for mathematics, with an s.
>> 
>> In the UK "maths" is preferred. In the US "math" is preferred. Which is
>> correct? Both... just as "color" and "colour" are both correct.
> 
> Do you say mathematic?  If not then you can't say math.

<http://grammarist.com/spelling/math-maths/>
    -----
    Math and maths are equally acceptable abbreviations of mathematics.
    The only difference is that math is preferred in the U.S. and
    Canada, and maths is preferred in the U.K., Australia, and most
    other English-speaking areas of the world.
    
    Neither abbreviation is correct or incorrect. You may hear arguments
    for one being superior to the other, and there are logical cases for
    both sides. One could argue maths is better because mathematics ends
    in s, and one could argue math is better because mathematics is just
    a mass noun that happens to end in s. In any case, English usage is
    rarely guided by logic, and these usage idiosyncrasies are often
    arbitrary. If you were raised in a part of the world where people
    say maths, then maths is correct for you, and the same is of course
    true of math. Don¹t listen to anyone who says otherwise.
    -----


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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 15:50 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-15 11:59 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-18 21:49 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 13:56 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-18 22:01 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 14:08 -0700
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-18 17:09 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-18 22:00 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-18 17:09 -0400

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