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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

From "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.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 2017-04-20 23:16 +0100
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Message-ID <op.yy0lgzu2js98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:06:37 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:

> On 4/20/2017 4:08 PM, Sprang wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:04:30 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:31:46 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/20/2017 3:04 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:47:51 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/20/2017 2:09 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:01:13 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 4/20/2017 12:19 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:44:10 +0100, Snit
>>>>>>>>> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 4/20/17, 9:21 AM, in article op.yyz414w0js98qf@red.lan, "James
>>>>>>>>>> Wilkinson
>>>>>>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:55:49 +0100, Marek Novotny
>>>>>>>>>>> <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2017-04-20, James Wilkinson Sword <imvalid@somewear.com> 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).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      <http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/LinuxTrendNov2007-Present.png>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He stood about four and a half foot tall, Long pointy ears  A lot of
>>>> whiskers, and a mean grin. he could run very fast.
>>>> You mean with all those old wooden bridges you have in England you
>>>> haven't seen one?
>>>> Boy, You need to get out more and visit your countryside.
>>>
>>> That's just an evil midget.
>>>
>>
>> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Bobcat2.jpg
>>
>
> Close, But the one I saw had A really evil grin and he snarled and
> Swore a lot before he ran away.

Were you drunk at the time?

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of lawyers on them, and people couldn't figure out which side to spit
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-15 21:53 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-15 15:21 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 14:26 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:05 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 16:11 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:22 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 16:35 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:49 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:37 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 18:19 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 10:55 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:44 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 18:19 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:35 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 14:01 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 20:09 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 14:47 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 21:04 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 15:31 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 22:04 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-20 21:08 +0000
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:06 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 23:16 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:23 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:26 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:29 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:18 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:34 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-20 11:56 -0400
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:22 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-20 11:52 -0400
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:03 -0700

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