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| From | Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps |
| Subject | Re: Way Back When |
| Date | 2018-11-05 12:37 -0800 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <prq9ld$617$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <021120181121292358%star@sky.net> <prq6fk$1vng$1@gioia.aioe.org> <prq6oj$gi$1@gioia.aioe.org> <prq8iq$44f$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
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On 2018-11-05 12:18 PM, Your Name wrote: > On 2018-11-05 19:47:33 +0000, Alan Baker said: >> On 2018-11-05 11:42 AM, Your Name wrote: >>> On 2018-11-05 19:07:41 +0000, John Varela said: >>>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 05:13:45 UTC, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 2018-11-05 03:13:18 +0000, John Varela said: >>>>>> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:41:15 UTC, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-6Fd5ZtZ5ez1z@localhost>, John Varela >>>>>>> <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Bought a new car recently? Mine came with 780 semi-mouse print >>>>>>>>> pages >>>>>>>>> spread among 5 volumes. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Good effin' luck trying to find how to turn dozens of electronic >>>>>>>>> features on, off or calibrate them; when to change the oil; how to >>>>>>>>> change the clock tor daylight saving; program the radio or link >>>>>>>>> up your >>>>>>>>> phone, etc., etc.... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Subaru presents one manual for each model. It covers every trim >>>>>>>> line and optional feature. For something as simple as resetting >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> clock there will be instructions for several different versions, >>>>>>>> each qualified "(if equipped)". We go off of Daylight Savings Time >>>>>>>> tomorrow morning, and I am going to have to look it up yet again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> that's incredibly poorly design. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sure enough, I had to look it up again in the manual. The index has >>>>>> an entry for "clock" so I went to page 3-35 as instructed. It turns >>>>>> out that the instructions for this car are described under the >>>>>> multi-function display, on page 3-49. >>>>> >>>>> Ahhh, the joys of technology for the sake of it. >>>>> >>>>> The digital clock on my car is in the middle of the driver's >>>>> instrument >>>>> cluster (between the speedo and rev counter dials. To change it you >>>>> simply reach through the steering wheel to turn a small knob clockwise >>>>> or counter-clockwise to adjust it, keep holding it in that direction >>>>> and the time ticks up / down by 1 minute until you let go. :-) I >>>>> don't think the car's radio / cassette player (yes a cassette tape >>>>> system) has a clock - it displays the radio frequency. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if my mother's much newer car adjusted the time itself or >>>>> if she had to do it via the touchscreen menu system of her car's >>>>> infotainment screen. >>>> >>>> The Subaru is my wife's car and if she had to reset the clock >>>> herself it would never happen. This year I wised up and annotated >>>> the index with the desired page number and also dog-eared that page. >>>> >>>> My car is similar to yours, in having a real clock, not one built >>>> into a multi-function display. My clock has an analog dial placed >>>> smack in the middle of the dashboard, with two buttons: one to >>>> advance the hands and one to reverse them. >>> >>> I dislike analogue clocks, even worse when they're in a car ... you >>> meant to be driving, not spending "10 minutes" trying to figure out >>> where the big hand and little hand are pointing. Digital clocks are >>> much easier and quicker to read. :-) >> >> Please tell me the smiley means you're kidding. > > Nope, it's not a winking smiley ... digital clocks *are* quicker and > eaiser to read than analogue clocks. Digital clocks also take up less > space (of course that depends on the design of both types of clock). > > > No. They're quicker MAYBE if you need to know the time to the exact minute... ...but if you just need to know what most of us need to know, analog is faster.
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Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-02 09:06 -0700
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-03 21:00 +0000
Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-03 21:17 +0000
Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-03 15:29 -0700
Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-03 22:55 +0000
Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-03 18:15 -0700
Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-04 08:47 +0000
Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-04 12:55 -0500
[OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 08:12 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 01:45 -0800
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 13:42 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 07:31 -0800
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 17:47 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 12:14 -0800
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 20:46 +0000
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-03 09:28 +1300
Re: Way Back When Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-11-02 18:35 -0400
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-03 21:06 +0000
Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-03 17:41 -0400
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-05 03:13 +0000
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-05 18:13 +1300
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-05 19:07 +0000
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 08:42 +1300
Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 11:47 -0800
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 09:18 +1300
Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 12:37 -0800
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 15:15 +1300
Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 21:12 -0800
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 18:13 +1300
Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 21:26 -0800
Re: Way Back When John <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-11-05 18:47 -0800
Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-06 10:16 +0000
Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-06 08:12 -0500
Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-05 15:44 -0400
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-06 14:57 +0000
[OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-06 15:10 +0000
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-07 16:27 -0500
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 14:15 +1300
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2018-11-07 18:16 -0800
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-07 22:52 -0500
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-07 21:22 -0800
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 18:28 +1300
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 00:33 -0400
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-08 02:48 -0500
Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 18:26 +1300
Re: Way Back When Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-07 08:41 -0800
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-07 18:38 +0000
Re: Way Back When Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2018-11-07 15:41 -0800
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 10:26 +1300
Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-07 22:10 +0000
Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-08 07:06 +0000
Re: Way Back When Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-09 19:13 -0500
Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-05 14:55 -0400
Re: Way Back When Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-11-05 15:48 -0800
Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-06 10:14 +0000
Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-06 08:22 -0500
Re: Way Back When Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-06 07:02 -0800
Re: Way Back When Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-06 13:54 -0500
Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-07 09:26 +0000
Re: Way Back When Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2018-11-07 05:34 -0800
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-06 15:41 +0000
Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-04 14:28 +1300
Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-04 14:01 -0500
Re: Way Back When Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-04 17:00 -0500
Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-05 08:44 -0500
Re: Way Back When Supermarine Spitfire <spitfire@spitfireflyinghigh.com> - 2018-11-02 20:32 +0000
Re: Way Back When Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-04 16:55 -0500
Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-05 09:18 -0500
Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 07:33 -0800
Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-05 19:41 +0000
Re: Way Back When Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-06 15:44 -0500
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