approaching L2 at last...

[Dave Land]

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