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	2017-04-23 17:53 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yy5qi5h6js98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:12:35 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-17 18:30:20 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:37:55 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/13/2017 5:44 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:19:38 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2017-04-11 20:01:14 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:43:24 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04/10/2017 02:59 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some people do confuse
>>>>>>>>> colors with WORDS for colors. Why would they? Those things are very
>>>>>>>>> different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Eh?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Common but strange, not being able to tell the difference between a
>>>>>>> WORD
>>>>>>> and the thing it represents.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One example I use is "brick". Here's 2 things.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. An object about 2x4x8 (or 3x3x9) inches in size and made of about 4
>>>>>>> pounds of hardened clay.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. A word. Something with no physical existence, but exists only in
>>>>>>> people's imaginations.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Both are called "brick". If someone's throwing things, do you care
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> you get hit with?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've never heard of anyone confusing a word with a thing.  Give me a
>>>>>> link showing where this happened.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yugo and car.
>>>>
>>>> Huh?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Whoosh.
>>
>> Yugo and car are both words and things.
>
> There were all sorts of folks confusing Yugos with cars, just because
> the Yugo had four wheels and an excuse for a motor. It was an illusion
> of a car.

Same goes for Lada, Skoda, Rover.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-17 19:30 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-17 14:12 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution android <here@there.was> - 2017-04-18 20:26 +0200
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 17:53 +0100

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