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Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G

From "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G
Date 2025-10-06 20:12 +0100
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On 06/10/2025 19:00, -hh wrote:
> On 10/5/25 18:01, David B. wrote:
>> On 05/10/2025 20:48, -hh wrote:
>>> On 10/5/25 14:52, David B. wrote:
>>>> On 05/10/2025 19:08, -hh wrote:
>>>>> On 10/3/25 18:48, David B. wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/10/2025 23:09, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>> [....]> I went to college for 8 years, earned 3 degrees, BS, MS, 
>>>>>> PhD, and worked
>>>>>>> continuously in my selected area of study from 1972 to 2023. 
>>>>>>> Majored in economics, minors in math and statistics. I know you 
>>>>>>> are math challenged, so that is 51 years of highly technical 
>>>>>>> employment.
>>>>>> [....]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am well impressed! 🙂
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course it sounds impressive, because this is the cherry-picked 
>>>>> version of their CV.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -hh
>>>>
>>>> Are you throwing doubt about the accuracy of Tom's credentials?
>>>
>>> No, I'm saying that he's not showing all of his cards.
>>
>> OK - he appears credible to me though.
> 
> One needs to maintain awareness of the "argumentum ad verecundiam" 
> logical fallacy.


Should I doubt his word?


>>>> Anyone who has a PhD is worthy of respect, imo.
>>>
>>> It depends; an old buddy paid $20 for his.
>>>
>>>
>>> -hh
>>
>> I suggest you change company if your friends do such things!
> 
> 
> Nah, its just an illustration of how PhD's aren't necessarily all from 
> traditional and accredited institutions.  The backstory here was that my 
> buddy bought it as a joke, but it really was a PhD for $20 from a non- 
> accredited biz.

OK - I'll accept "joke".

> The rest of the story was that the company was ordaining ministers 
> ostensibly to promote freedom of non-organized religion, but it 
> "coincidentally" included info on how to use reduce taxes through 
> religious exemptions.

That must be a Usasion thing.

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Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-02 09:59 -0400
  Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Marion <marionf@fact.com> - 2025-10-03 01:19 +0000
    Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-10-02 18:48 -0700
      Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 18:23 -0400
    Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 18:09 -0400
      Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-03 23:48 +0100
        Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-04 07:32 -0400
          Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-04 17:25 +0100
            Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-06 17:07 -0400
              Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-10-06 16:57 -0700
              Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-07 09:31 +0100
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-07 08:49 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-07 08:50 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-07 11:12 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 07:21 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-09 15:23 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-09 22:20 +0100
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-09 18:10 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-09 23:30 +0100
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-20 20:06 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-21 09:07 +0200
          Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-10-04 11:21 -0700
        Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-05 14:08 -0400
          Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-05 19:52 +0100
            Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-05 15:48 -0400
              Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-05 23:01 +0100
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-06 14:00 -0400
                Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-06 20:12 +0100
              Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-06 17:09 -0400

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