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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When |
| Date | 2018-11-08 14:15 +1300 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ps02np$1h2s$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <021120181121292358%star@sky.net> <prvlbe$cuo$1@dont-email.me> |
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On 2018-11-07 21:27:09 +0000, J Burns said: > On 11/6/18 10:10 AM, Sn!pe wrote: >> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 20:18:36 UTC, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> >>> wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>>> 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). >>>> >>> >>> I just measured my dashboard clock and it is two inches wide by one >>> inch high. >>> >>> When I want the time while driving, I don't need much accuracy. An >>> analog clock is, for me, at least as fast to get an approximate >>> reading of the time as a digital clock is. >>> >> >> For someone who was trained in how to read an analogue clock >> while they were at primary school, an old fashioned clock with >> a dial -is- quicker and easier to read - it's comprehensible >> on an entirely different level ( arguably more basic) that that >> mediated by reliance on interpreting numbers. >> >> Maybe digital clocks -are- easier for younger people who never >> learned how to tell the time. For an old fogey like me, I can >> see, literally at a glance, what the time is without having to >> give it a thought. >> >> Precise time-telling may be easier with a digital clock but they >> are less readily comprehensible for everyday purposes. Unless >> you never learned how, of course... > > At one time, I thought digital watches were dumb because you had to > press a button to see the time. Then in 1974 I saw an LCD watch in a > jeweler's window for $300. I was amazed. > > A year later, I saw a Timex LCD watch for only $85 at discount. I > bought it on impulse. I've had a few of the Casio model I like over the years, and it has now been re-released as part of their "Vintage Collection" (not that it was ever not in Casio's stock list) and according to a local junk mail catalogue in the letterbox costs NZ$99. A few years ago I bought *three* of them brand new at a discount sale for justNZ$30. :-) On one the battery has now run out, so is in the drawer waiting until I have to buy a new battery. The second is now on my wrist still going strong, and the third, still brand new, is sitting in the drawer waiting for it's turn when this battery runs out, or longer if its battery runs out first (I'll just replace the battery of one of the now-used ones instead. > I was very proud of it until the day I couldn't make sense of the > display. It took a long time to realize I'd put the watch on upside > down. It was easy to see when an analog watch was upside down because > the 12 had two digits and the 6 had only one. Unless it's using Roman numerals, then the 6 has two digits ... but then the 12 has three digits. > When I remove my car dashboard, sometimes I don't get everything back > right. If someday I put the digital clock in upside down, it could > baffle me for years! Some analogue clock designs don't even have numbers, or they can be so small (especially in car dashboards), that you'd never know they're upside down.
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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
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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
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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
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Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 21:26 -0800
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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
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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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