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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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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.

> nobody sponsors it.

Printer/ink manufacturers like to sell it.

> anyone can make a real world print.

I can too, with a 4 colour printer.

>> I bet you buy genuine ink
>> too.
>
> absolutely. cheap ink can clog and doesn't look anywhere near as good
> or last as long.

Wrong.  It's the same stuff!  Jesus, it's true, there is one born every minute.  You're paying about 100 times what I do.

>> >> If you think about it, light cyan and a touch of
>> >> black would make cyan, so it's pointless to have both cyans.
>> >
>> > complete nonsense.
>>
>> Black ink makes things darker, simple fact.
>
> you clearly don't understand much about colour theory, or much else.

Your colour theory tells you that black makes things lighter?  Are you Johnny nice painter?

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-18 21:49 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 13:56 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-18 22:01 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 14:08 -0700
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-18 17:09 -0400

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