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: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:46:33 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <0jp7dcp7hpfkl33a80r46k3ek61k5jo4i0@4ax.com> <7kUAA.82623$u84.24018@fx35.iad> <0FQBA.80253$zc7.24703@fx09.iad> <242hdct81aekil2c3djtfu18p82hbfcio8@4ax.com> 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:58225 comp.os.linux.advocacy:403850 comp.sys.mac.system:103124 alt.comp.os.windows-10:37556 alt.cellular-phone-tech:213 On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 04:37:07 +0100, Char Jackson wrote: > On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:28:41 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword" > wrote: > >> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:14:49 +0100, Char Jackson wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 22:33:31 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 22:16:29 +0100, Char Jackson wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:09:16 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:57:00 +0100, 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). >>>>>> >>>>>> They shouldn't. >>>>>> >>>>>>> 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). >>>>>> >>>>>> That's not the same. "One and two halves" clearly shows there are 3 objects of two different sizes. A mathematician wouldn't try to add them together, any more than he'd try to add x to y. I could have one and two halves apples, meaning that an apple had ben sliced in half and would go off quicker. But a double double doesn't differentiate between one double and another. >>>>> >>>>> In basketball, I'm guessing you'd be totally confused by the terms >>>>> 'double double' and 'triple double'. >>>>> >>>>> Sometimes ignorance is cute, but stubborn ignorance rarely is. >>>> >>>> Saying what you mean is always better. >>> >>> The fact that you don't understand something doesn't mean that it isn't >>> clear to the people who do understand it. Why should others have to come >>> down to your level? >> >> The people saying "double double" instead of what they actually mean are the ones with impeded brains. > > The people saying it know what it means. The people they're saying it to > know what it means. Thus, communication has taken place. It matters not > one bit whether you understand it. Like little kids talking in pig Latin.... -- Why were so many niggers killed in the Vietnam war?? Because when the sergeant said to "get down", they all got up and started dancing.