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	2017-04-26 23:26 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yzbpx4m8js98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:08:57 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/18/17, 2:01 PM, in article op.yywsof1ijs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:56:06 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/18/17, 1:49 PM, in article op.yywr4ptajs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:59:31 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <op.yyqri2rxjs98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> it's cyan. it's not light blue. that's why it's called cyan ink and
>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>> light blue ink.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I used to have a printer with SIX ink cartridges. IIRC they were cyan,
>>>>>>>>>> light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, black.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> yep. that provides for a wider colour gamut than just cmyk.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So the manufacturer says.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> because it's true, confirmed by colour theory and real world prints.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah right.  Sponsored by the ink manufacturers.
>>>>>
>>>>> nope. colour theory is math.
>>>>
>>>> I think you mean maths.  It's short for mathematics, with an s.
>>>
>>> In the UK "maths" is preferred. In the US "math" is preferred. Which is
>>> correct? Both... just as "color" and "colour" are both correct.
>>
>> Do you say mathematic?  If not then you can't say math.
>
> <http://grammarist.com/spelling/math-maths/>
>     -----
>     Math and maths are equally acceptable abbreviations of mathematics.
>     The only difference is that math is preferred in the U.S. and
>     Canada, and maths is preferred in the U.K., Australia, and most
>     other English-speaking areas of the world.

Yip, America fucked it up, the resst of us speak proper English.

>     Neither abbreviation is correct or incorrect.

The language is English, not American, we get to decide what's right.

>     You may hear arguments
>     for one being superior to the other, and there are logical cases for
>     both sides. One could argue maths is better because mathematics ends
>     in s, and one could argue math is better because mathematics is just
>     a mass noun that happens to end in s.

How many branches of maths are there?  1?  More than one?

>     In any case, English usage is rarely guided by logic,

Not in backward countries like America anyway.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-26 23:26 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-26 16:38 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-27 10:22 -0400
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-27 09:05 -0700

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