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

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups	alt.privacy.anon-server, 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	2017-04-08 21:41 +0100
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:47:13 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:

> On 04/07/2017 01:14 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>> "make you feel good" is an immediate danger signal. It means something
>>> has invaded a system that should be responsive to the environment.
>>> Feeling good should be a response to something that is actually good.
>>
>> By that token, central heating should not be used.  Messing around with
>> your body is wrong.
>>
>
> Not at all. With central heating you feel warm because you are warm. An
> honest feeling unlike with alcohol where you actually lose heat but your
> nerves have been stimulated so you feel warm dishonestly.

I don't drink alcohol to feel warm, I drink alcohol to feel good.  Why do you think of changing your brain chemistry artificially as any worse than changing your body temperature artificially?

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2) Sell it to the highest bidder.
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-02 23:20 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-02 23:00 -0500
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-03 08:24 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-07 19:14 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-07 21:47 -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

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