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Re: Way Back When

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Way Back When
Date 2018-11-06 09:18 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <prq8iq$44f$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
References <021120181121292358%star@sky.net> <prq6fk$1vng$1@gioia.aioe.org> <prq6oj$gi$1@gioia.aioe.org>

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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).


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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
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    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
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