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	2017-05-04 12:45 -0700
Message-ID	<D530D300.A36FA%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
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On 5/4/17, 12:36 PM, in article op.yzqbfm2ajs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 04 May 2017 20:17:30 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/4/17, 12:02 PM, in article op.yzp9txdojs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 04 May 2017 19:23:29 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 5/4/17, 11:10 AM, in article op.yzp7f5sijs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>> Neither do I, of course. If I had, I wouldn't have known it should
>>>>>>>>>> have been "proofread."
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I wasn't castigating him for the error; note the <vbg>.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> No offense was taken... and it is rather funny to make a mistake with
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> word "proofread".
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Yes, my point exactly.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Why do you call it a mistake?  Proofread and proof read mean the same.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Using onelook.com I do not see the "proof read" variant, nor doing a
>>>>>> quick
>>>>>> Google search. I accept it as an error.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It's just an alternative.  What else could it mean?  I am reading it again
>>>>> for
>>>>> proof it is correct, so proof read.
>>>> 
>>>> Da' fakt dat hit kan B undrestood dose knot mene et iz korekt.
>>> 
>>> Correct is meaningless if it works.
>> 
>> I think my above sentence is a good example of why that is not the case. :)
> 
> I had no trouble reading it.  So what was your point?

One that went over your head.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 17:30 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 10:41 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 19:10 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 11:23 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:02 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 12:17 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:36 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 12:45 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 21:48 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 14:29 -0700

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