I can't wait that long to charge the batteries!

[Lostgallifreyan]

Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote in
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:10:35 GMT, Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net
wrote:

Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote in
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:05:24 -0400, "Jerry G."
jerryg50@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

A snipped, and annoying, lecture on the distinction between 'cell'
and 'battery'.

If it excercises you so much, instead of lambasting someone just
because you can, write a letter to the Times or something. Submit an
article to a journal. Or at least write to every maker of commercial
gear who transgresses. There's more to understanding something than
getting the exact words right. Sure it's misleading, but most people
know how to avoid the problems. If you really want to evangelise on
this point, get a job writing manuals for a major company, as that's
the way you'll most likely shape public usage of these terms. You
certainly won't reach them this way.


Learn how to attribute your quoting correctly, and/or quote the
actual
post you are replying to.

It didn't deserve the dignity of the effort it takes, so I didn't.
You're a borderline troll, and if you don't want to cross that line, I
suggest you don't bother to reply at all.

 

[Graham W]

"Lostgallifreyan" <no-one@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote in
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:10:35 GMT, Lostgallifreyan <no-one@nowhere.net
wrote:

Spurious Response <SpuriousResponse@cleansignal.org> wrote in
news:gvnoa3loa2ollhdp4747j1lf1e5tpqcces@4ax.com:

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:05:24 -0400, "Jerry G."
jerryg50@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

A snipped, and annoying, lecture on the distinction between 'cell'
and 'battery'.

If it excercises you so much, instead of lambasting someone just
because you can, write a letter to the Times or something. Submit an
article to a journal. Or at least write to every maker of commercial
gear who transgresses. There's more to understanding something than
getting the exact words right. Sure it's misleading, but most people
know how to avoid the problems. If you really want to evangelise on
this point, get a job writing manuals for a major company, as that's
the way you'll most likely shape public usage of these terms. You
certainly won't reach them this way.


Learn how to attribute your quoting correctly, and/or quote the
actual
post you are replying to.


It didn't deserve the dignity of the effort it takes, so I didn't.
You're a borderline troll, and if you don't want to cross that line, I
suggest you don't bother to reply at all.

I can imagine the technically correct salesman responding to an enquiry:

Customer: " Do you sell AA batteries?"
Salesman: " Sorry, we don't have any."
Customer: " Well what are those behind you in that shelf there?"
Salesman: "They are AA cells."
Customer: " Well, why tell me you don't keep them, you..."


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