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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	2017-04-13 23:44 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yynn3mwcjs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:19:38 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-11 20:01:14 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:43:24 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/10/2017 02:59 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>>> Some people do confuse
>>>>> colors with WORDS for colors. Why would they? Those things are very
>>>>> different.
>>>>
>>>> Eh?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Common but strange, not being able to tell the difference between a WORD
>>> and the thing it represents.
>>>
>>> One example I use is "brick". Here's 2 things.
>>>
>>> 1. An object about 2x4x8 (or 3x3x9) inches in size and made of about 4
>>> pounds of hardened clay.
>>>
>>> 2. A word. Something with no physical existence, but exists only in
>>> people's imaginations.
>>>
>>> Both are called "brick". If someone's throwing things, do you care which
>>> you get hit with?
>>
>> I've never heard of anyone confusing a word with a thing.  Give me a
>> link showing where this happened.
>
> Yugo and car.

Huh?

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-13 23:44 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-13 18:37 -0500
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-13 18:05 -0700

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