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

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From "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
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Subject Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution
Date Fri, 07 Apr 2017 19:21:23 +0100
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:22:36 +0100, Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On 2017-04-03 13:09, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:37:45 +0100, Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-03-31 12:33, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:20:19 +0100, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>> [...]
>>>>> Without context, "double double" is indeed ambiguous, but in this
>>>>> discussion there has never been a lack of context, whether that be
>>>>> Timmie's, In-n-Out, or even a basketball game. In each of those three
>>>>> cases, the term means something quite different, but given a bit of
>>>>> context, the ambiguity melts away completely. I'm still not sure why
>>>>> you're having such a hard time with this relatively simple concept.
>>>>
>>>> Context tells us it's double (something to do with the food), which narrows it down but is not precise.  There might be three things that could be doubled.
>>>
>>> And there it is. JWS is incapable of admitting he's wrong. He's
>>> weaselling towards admitting that context os much more specific than
>>> "food", but I doubt he'll get there. Most of the participant in this
>>> thread have  become thoroughly bored. I debated with myself whether to
>>> post again, but I've had enough of JWS.
>>>
>>> For JWS:
>>> Context includes the restaurant. Tim Hortons is a Canadian chain, and
>>> "double double" means exactly the same at every Canadian location. Your
>>> refusal to accept the meaning of explanation merely signifies that
>>> you're incapable of admitting that your initial response to the phrase
>>> was stupid. The first time I offered it, I also explained what it meant,
>>> for the benefit of those who, like you, had never ordered a "coffee,
>>> double double" at Tim Hortons.
>>>
>>> However, if your persistence in holding to your view that "double
>>> double" is inherently ambiguous is an honest expression of your theory
>>> of language, and not mere pigheadedness, then your theory of language is
>>> wrong, and your education is incomplete.
>>
>> You seem to think every customer must have knowledge of the restaurant chain.  If I go to eat something, I want to just ask for the food I want, not learn what they serve there.  Each item of food should be described properly, in plain English.
>
> It hasn't penetrated that "double double" is not mandated.

Irrelevant.

>>> Have a good day,
>>
>> Shut up.  That is really annoying having that on the end of everything you post.
>
> Why should I care squat if I annoy you?

You must, since you've stopped doing it.

-- 
Seen in a health food store:
Shoplifters will be beaten over the head with an organic carrot.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-28 13:58 -0500
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 21:27 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-28 13:53 -0700
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 22:52 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-03-28 16:57 -0400
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-28 22:53 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-03-28 18:09 -0400
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-29 18:53 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-28 19:46 -0500
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-29 19:51 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-29 14:20 -0500
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-03-29 14:36 -0500
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-31 17:34 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-03-31 12:48 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-03 18:07 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-03 16:23 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:23 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-03 17:32 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:25 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-03-31 13:33 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-03 18:09 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-03 12:41 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:17 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-03 15:24 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-07 11:28 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2017-04-07 11:58 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-07 21:54 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-08 09:55 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-11 01:34 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-07 21:51 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-08 21:41 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-03 16:31 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:24 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-07 14:16 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-10 18:55 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-10 15:08 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-10 23:06 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-10 18:14 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-11 00:55 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-10 19:12 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-07 16:25 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-10 18:55 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-10 15:10 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-10 23:05 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-10 18:16 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-11 00:55 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-10 20:04 -0500
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-29 19:07 -0500
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-31 17:33 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-31 17:33 +0100
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-03-31 13:37 -0400
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-03 18:09 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-03 15:22 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:21 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-03 16:27 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:24 +0100
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-03-29 18:56 -0500
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-03-29 23:44 -0500
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-31 23:10 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-03-31 19:00 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-03-31 16:08 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-03 22:15 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-03 14:34 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:26 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-03 22:15 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-03-31 23:10 +0100

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