Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" 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: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:22:51 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <7699542da7f01f1304183cf9c297a669@dizum.com> <220320171717148631%nospam@nospam.invalid> <_bRAA.50150$2T6.14653@fx44.iad> <0jp7dcp7hpfkl33a80r46k3ek61k5jo4i0@4ax.com> <7kUAA.82623$u84.24018@fx35.iad> <0FQBA.80253$zc7.24703@fx09.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:58165 comp.os.linux.advocacy:403567 comp.sys.mac.system:103052 alt.comp.os.windows-10:37417 alt.cellular-phone-tech:172 On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:11:15 +0100, Rene Lamontagne wrote: > On 3/26/2017 9:57 AM, Sam E wrote: >> On 03/26/2017 06:18 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>>> 2 sugars X 2 creams does not make a quadruple, They are different >>>> elements, >>>> Educate your own self. >>> >>> No, he said "double double", so the double is doubled. >>> >> >> That's true mathematically, but people often use the words for two >> separate doublings (no quadrupling). The same way I used to know someone >> who had a house with 1 and 2 halves bathrooms. It was ONE full bathroom >> and TWO half bathrooms. Definitely not two wholes (if you think its 2 >> wholes, show me that nonexistent second bathtub). >> >> There are many cases where you can do arithmetic on numbers, but that >> doesn't make sense with the actual things. For example, two mechanics >> work at the same garage. One has 20 years of experience. The other has >> 30 years. NO ONE had 50 years of experience. 20 + 30 = 50 makes sense >> mathematically, but has nothing to do with reality. > > And 2 apples and 2 oranges do not make 4 bananas. :-) You clearly understand nothing about GM foods :-) -- Barry bit Ben's bum before Betty bumfingered big Bertha's buttocks beside Brian's burning bonfire. -- Ronnie Tompkins, circa 2014.