On May 22, 2008, at 7:01 AM, David Hobby wrote: > Ronn! Blankenship wrote: >> At 05:51 AM Thursday 5/22/2008, David Hobby wrote: > ... >>> 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. >> >> >> >> Did any of the buttons cause any change at all, e.g., toggle between >> time and date display? > > Ronn-- > > Oh, of course. And I could get 12-hour or 24-hour > display, and some other stuff. Just not what I wanted. > ... > > I figured somebody would propose taking out the battery, > and then putting it back in at just the right time. > But we agree that's cheating?
Oh, no, that's not cheating at all: that's hacking, the highest form of geek art -- use some built-in characteristic of the system to your advantage. It probably means inserting batteries at midnight, and you still won't get the alarm set. I am not a fan of any interface that requires holding a button down until it activates a second function (or, as in my Honda Accord to open all the locks at once, turning and holding the door key long enough) because it does not have a "positive" feel. I would prefer double-clicking (or turning the key twice, as in my wife's VW). On the Mac, under the classic OS, at any rate, with the single-button mouse, that was how you got a pull-down menu in some circumstances: just hold the button down long enough. Never liked that. Right- clicking (a la Windows) is preferable. Option-Clicking (the Mac OS X equivalent of right-clicking) is OK, but sometimes takes 2 hands. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
