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 21:04:22 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 87 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:409979 comp.sys.mac.system:104753 alt.comp.os.windows-10:40217 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1179 On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:47:51 +0100, Rene Lamontagne wrote: > On 4/20/2017 2:09 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >> 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? >> > > > No, No, Not people, A real Troll. That's about as likely to exist as god. -- Mary had a little lamb, it walked into a pylon. 10,000 volts went up its arse, and turned its wool to nylon.