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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Way Back When |
| Date | 2018-11-08 10:26 +1300 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <prvla4$rs0$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <021120181121292358%star@sky.net> <0001HW.21934D2500E3A13314F3562CF@news.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2018-11-07 16:41:09 +0000, Percival John Hackworth said: > On 06-Nov-2018, John Varela wrote > (in article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-lpCGWdPLJhdd@localhost>): >> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 20:18:36 UTC, Your Name<YourName@YourISP.com> >> 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). >> >> 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. > > That will change. One of the first signs of dementia (senile or AIDS related) > is the inability to process the three forms of information being presented on > a clock face. He obviously already has dementia, or maybe dyslexia, if he actually believes an analogue clock is quicker and easier to read than a simple line of numbers on a digital clock. :-\
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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
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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 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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