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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	2017-04-20 21:04 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yy0fdkatjs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:47:51 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:

> On 4/20/2017 2:09 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:01:13 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/20/2017 12:19 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:44:10 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/20/17, 9:21 AM, in article op.yyz414w0js98qf@red.lan, "James
>>>>> Wilkinson
>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:55:49 +0100, Marek Novotny
>>>>>> <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2017-04-20, James Wilkinson Sword <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> // snip
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you don't know what intelligence means, you ought to invest in
>>>>>>>> a dictionary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're feeding the troll. I suggest starving the troll.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fell free to killfile it if you wish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Those who troll COLA are going to increase their begging for people to
>>>>> not
>>>>> speak to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> I actually work to help desktop Linux do better -- I speak of its
>>>>> benefits
>>>>> but, more importantly based on the level of the ecosystem, I have for
>>>>> years
>>>>> spoken of what it would take to make it actually useful to more
>>>>> people. I
>>>>> have had a goal of seeing it move from the 1% it used to be stuck at to
>>>>> increase. It is now double that (though that might include ChromeOS,
>>>>> and if
>>>>> it does I admit that weakens my position here).
>>>>>
>>>>>     <http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/LinuxTrendNov2007-Present.png>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, of course, I am not going to pretend my efforts are what boosted
>>>>> it...
>>>>> I am but a bit player in a much larger open source world. But I do
>>>>> educate
>>>>> people about Linux, both the pros and cons. I do turn in bug reports
>>>>> and
>>>>> help developers see what the issues in their products are from the
>>>>> eyes of
>>>>> users. I do share information in COLA and elsewhere as to what is
>>>>> needed for
>>>>> desktop Linux to gain users and compete better with Windows and macOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> I join those such as Mark Shuttleworth, Jim Zemlin, the KDE and GNOME
>>>>> teams,
>>>>> and many others in contributing where I can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many in COLA work against this. And as desktop Linux does better they
>>>>> will
>>>>> increase their trolling. They will become more desperate and attack
>>>>> those of
>>>>> us who seek to help it grow.
>>>>
>>>> So what we've got is a bunch of trolls calling everyone else trolls?
>>>> How childish.  Is there such a thing as a troll?  I've never seen one,
>>>> just people calling everyone else a troll because they're in
>>>> disagreement with them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've only ever seen one real troll, he lived under a small wooden bridge
>>> on a rural road.
>>> We demolished the bridge and he ran away, I've never seen him since.
>>
>> Are you remembering a fairy story, or does Canada ave some odd people?
>>
>
>
> No, No, Not people, A real Troll.

That's about as likely to exist as god.

-- 
Mary had a little lamb, it walked into a pylon.  10,000 volts went up its arse, and turned its wool to nylon.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 14:26 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:05 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 16:11 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:22 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 16:35 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:49 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:21 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:37 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 18:19 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 10:55 -0500
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:21 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:44 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 18:19 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:35 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 14:01 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 20:09 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 14:47 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 21:04 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 15:31 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 22:04 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-20 21:08 +0000
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:06 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 23:16 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:23 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:26 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-20 17:29 -0500
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 15:18 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:34 -0700
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 09:29 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-20 11:56 -0400
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-20 17:22 +0100
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-20 11:52 -0400
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:03 -0700

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