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	2017-05-02 20:04 +0100
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On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 20:17:11 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/23/17, 12:00 PM, in article n6upfct27u73nh3k2a9mj7akc1pcn6p0oh@4ax.com,
> "Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>> I would have said "that should be 'everyone should think for
>>>>>> himself.' " <vbg>
>>>>>
>>>>> I might not have his wording exact (this was in, I think, 1998)...
>>>>
>>>> I know. I suspected that. <g>
>>>
>>> Actually 1988. Not 1998. Only a decade off. :)
>>>
>>>>> and,
>>>>> really, "themselves" has been used that way for generations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I know that too. And there are those who argue that that's the
>>>> way it should be.  But to an old fuddy-duddy like me, it's simply
>>>> wrong.
>>>
>>> It took me a while to accept it, but I still cringe when I hear people
>>> pronounce the "t" in "often". Used to be that was considered a no-no... but
>>> it is done so often it is now accepted.
>>
>> Accepted by some people, but not by me. To me, it's another example of
>> "simply wrong."
>
> As I said I still cringe but I have learned to accept it as "correct" these
> days.

It's as bad as "burrrrglarrrr alarrrrm": https://youtu.be/S5WFl4E8VCI

>>> Same with only one space after a
>>> period, I was taught two and had to adjust.
>>
>> But I disagree with you on that. Back in the days of typewriters, what
>> you say was correct. Even today, with a monospaced font, it's better
>> to have two spaces; it makes it easier to read. But it's never been
>> correct with proportional fonts.

Proportional fonts don't stop it being correct.  You can still make a larger space with proportional fonts.

> Right... but monospaced used to be the norm. Now it is the exception. When I
> was taught I was never told of the difference being based on the font, just
> that two spaces was the "rule."

I was never taught it, but I saw some people doing it and realised it was much neater and easier to read, so I do it too.

> Also struggle with the period being inside the quotes. And different parts
> of the world do that one in what I see as a more reasonable way than the
> American standard. I go back and forth. :)

I use both because I can never remember which is correct.  I can't see any logical reason why one is wrong.

-- 
We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful god, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes -- Gene Roddenberry

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 20:04 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 12:19 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Ron C <r.capik@verizon.net> - 2017-05-02 15:51 -0400
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 21:07 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 13:59 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 21:14 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 14:07 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 01:07 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 18:54 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 15:38 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 10:02 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-03 16:22 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 13:40 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-03 17:01 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 14:25 -0700
        Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2017-05-03 07:01 +0000
          Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 10:46 +0100
            Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 10:09 -0700
              Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2017-05-03 22:06 +0000
                Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-03 23:16 +0100
                Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 15:21 -0700
                Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 00:19 +0100
                Re: Snit digest 436 / 2017-05-04 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-03 16:46 -0700
              Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-08 00:04 +0100
                Re: Snit digest 435 / 2017-05-03 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 16:08 -0700

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