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	2017-04-20 12:34 -0700
Message-ID	<D51E5B5E.A07FF%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
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On 4/20/17, 12:01 PM, in article odb0bu$n2g$1@dont-email.me, "Rene
Lamontagne" <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:

> On 4/20/2017 12:19 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:44:10 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/20/17, 9:21 AM, in article op.yyz414w0js98qf@red.lan, "James
>>> Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:55:49 +0100, Marek Novotny
>>>> <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2017-04-20, James Wilkinson Sword <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> // snip
>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you don't know what intelligence means, you ought to invest in
>>>>>> a dictionary.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You're feeding the troll. I suggest starving the troll.
>>>> 
>>>> Fell free to killfile it if you wish.
>>> 
>>> Those who troll COLA are going to increase their begging for people to not
>>> speak to me.
>>> 
>>> I actually work to help desktop Linux do better -- I speak of its benefits
>>> but, more importantly based on the level of the ecosystem, I have for years
>>> spoken of what it would take to make it actually useful to more people. I
>>> have had a goal of seeing it move from the 1% it used to be stuck at to
>>> increase. It is now double that (though that might include ChromeOS, and if
>>> it does I admit that weakens my position here).
>>> 
>>>     <http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/LinuxTrendNov2007-Present.png>
>>> 
>>> Now, of course, I am not going to pretend my efforts are what boosted it...
>>> I am but a bit player in a much larger open source world. But I do educate
>>> people about Linux, both the pros and cons. I do turn in bug reports and
>>> help developers see what the issues in their products are from the eyes of
>>> users. I do share information in COLA and elsewhere as to what is needed for
>>> desktop Linux to gain users and compete better with Windows and macOS.
>>> 
>>> I join those such as Mark Shuttleworth, Jim Zemlin, the KDE and GNOME teams,
>>> and many others in contributing where I can.
>>> 
>>> Many in COLA work against this. And as desktop Linux does better they will
>>> increase their trolling. They will become more desperate and attack those of
>>> us who seek to help it grow.
>>> 
>> So what we've got is a bunch of trolls calling everyone else trolls? How
>> childish.  Is there such a thing as a troll?  I've never seen one, just
>> people calling everyone else a troll because they're in disagreement with
>> them.
>> 
> 
> I've only ever seen one real troll, he lived under a small wooden bridge
> on a rural road.
> We demolished the bridge and he ran away, I've never seen him since.
> 
> Rene


I play role playing games (similar to D&D) and sometimes I "see" them there.
:)

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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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 21:53 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-15 15:21 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 14:26 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:05 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 16:11 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:22 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 16:35 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:49 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:37 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 18:19 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 10:55 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:44 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 18:19 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:35 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 14:01 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 20:09 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 14:47 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 21:04 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 15:31 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 22:04 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-20 21:08 +0000
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:06 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 23:16 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:23 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:26 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:29 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:18 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:34 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-20 11:56 -0400
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:22 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-20 11:52 -0400
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:03 -0700

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