Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" 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: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:09:10 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 76 Message-ID: References: <7699542da7f01f1304183cf9c297a669@dizum.com> <__pHA.4939$6Q7.182@fx01.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 comp.os.linux.advocacy:409956 comp.sys.mac.system:104743 alt.comp.os.windows-10:40205 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1169 On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:01:13 +0100, Rene Lamontagne wrote: > On 4/20/2017 12:19 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:44:10 +0100, Snit >> wrote: >> >>> On 4/20/17, 9:21 AM, in article op.yyz414w0js98qf@red.lan, "James >>> Wilkinson >>> Sword" wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:55:49 +0100, Marek Novotny >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2017-04-20, James Wilkinson Sword 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). >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. Are you remembering a fairy story, or does Canada ave some odd people? -- Did you hear about the guy who finally figured out women? He died laughing before he could tell anybody.