Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> At 09:54 PM Wednesday 5/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
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>>> i have a casio 24 time zone watch and twice a year i would ask one of
>>> the pilots up front to set it for me, but now that ATA has gone out of
>>> business, i have to find the manual. at least i figured out my
>>> microwave on my own, by trial and error.
>> Trial and error usually works for me, but I've only met 1 digital clock
>> that I couldn't figure out without the manual within 5 minutes. (And that
>> one is out of my life now.)
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>> Then again, if I'm thrown an unfamiliar user interface, I can usually
>> figure it out anyway. And I *usually* don't break stuff. :) (And if
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>> Julia
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> Me, too. But then again, Julia, like me and some others here but
> unlike jon and the overwhelming majority of human beings, you're a
> geek, and unashamed to let everyone know it.
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> . . . ronn! :)
Hi. Sorry to interrupt the GeekFest, but I'd suggest not
using "can set any digital watch without the manual" as a
test for membership.
We had one that we never could set. I used to carry it in
my backpack, in case I was teaching in a room with a broken
clock. So I'd set it on the table, and read it using the
algorithm: "ignore the hour and add 12 minutes".
(Which is probably also geeky.)
The problem was that the thing had 4 buttons, pretty much
unlabeled. I tried pressing all 4, then holding all 4,
then pressing twice, then combinations... And never did
find the setting mode. Of course the only test for the
setting mode was that you could set the watch in it, and
maybe you had to hold a button before it started to set,
or something. Or maybe the watch was just broken, and
COULDN'T be set.
If I still had it, I'd mail it to you guys. : )
---David
Bow tie and pocket protector, Maru
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