Path: csiph.com!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 20:01:05 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <9MmLA.36316$i_1.9797@fx35.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:412566 comp.sys.mac.system:106103 alt.comp.os.windows-10:41652 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1771 On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:43:42 +0100, Sprang wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:38:05 -0700, Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this: >> On 4/24/17, 1:21 PM, in article H7tLA.31421$8F6.29508@fx26.iad, "Mark Lloyd" >> wrote: >> >>> On 04/24/2017 02:48 PM, Snit wrote: >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>>> It helps to speak two or more languages. >>>> >>>> Since I am posting from a tech group, I will add it is also analogous to why >>>> it is good to know at least the basics of more than one desktop OS. :) >>> >>> True. You're not limited to one OS, even though a lot of people seem to >>> think so. I actually have Linux, Windows (ME, 2000, XP, 7, 10), and Mac >>> at the moment. >> >> Exactly... I do not get these folks who think you have to be "pure" or >> "devoted" to one OS. I use it as a tool... I am not marrying it (and even >> then, hey, I am a liberal guy and do not care what others do in their >> marriage!) > > Mac is the wife that wants jewelry every week. > Windows is the wife that another guy "updates" whenever he wants. > Linux is the wife you keep. Only if you don't mind an ugly wife. -- A car hit an elderly Jewish man. The paramedic says, "Are you comfortable?" The man says, "I make a good living."