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   Jolly Roger to Paul M. Cook   
   Re: Verizon finally allows wifi calling    
   10 Dec 15 02:28:32   
   
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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   Paul M. Cook  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 01:21:13 +0000, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Common sense says that time & distance are invariable.   
   >>   
   >> No it doesn't.   
   >>   
   >>> When you test the common sense fallacies, they fail.   
   >>   
   >> Nope, not always.   
   >   
   > Now you're just being silly.   
      
   No I'm being a realist, and you are fantasizing.   
      
   > For people who haven't taken physics, they would think that time   
   > doesn't speed up or slow down (or even go backward).   
      
   Plenty of people who haven't majored in physics are aware of this. It's   
   common knowledge, outside of uneducated groups.   
      
   > Hence, I tested the common sense adage that cellphones are dangerous   
      
   No you didn't. You made s huge assumption that cell phone use must result   
   in higher accident rates, which is not a valid assumption.   
      
   > That's the elephant in the room that you hate.   
      
   Nope. There is no such elephant.   
      
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