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Re: [OM] OT] digital v analog clocks

Subject: Re: [OM] OT] digital v analog clocks
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 09:36:55 -0500
I now wear an Apple Watch. I originally had one of the analog faces on it,
then realized I was being silly and switched to one of the digital ones
with much more info.

However, when it comes to car instrumentation, I much prefer analog.
Driving down the highway, a quick glance at the position of the needles
tells you if everything is within normal ranges. I know for a long time in
racing, the mechanics would rotate the guages in the dash so that "normal"
was pointing straight up. A driver doing 190mph coming up on a chicane
could take one quick glance and tell that the car was happy.

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "What I like about analog clocks is that you can UNDERSTAND the time at
> a glance as it visually shows the relationship of now to then.
> Whereas, with a digital clock, you always have to convert numbers to
> meaning."
>
> Well said, AG.
> That's my feeling, too. (Plus, I can see the hands - can't always read the
> numbers.) 😎
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> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Because of the carpel tunnel. I can't wear watches very much. I've got
> > a couple of nice (for plebs) dress watches I wear to church and so
> > forth, but not as everyday wear. My cellphone is my portable time
> > machine and a simple wave of the hand over the cellphone turns on the
> > clock for a few seconds. And it seems like 90% of my awaken life is
> > spent in front of a computer and there is that digital time display in
> > the lower-right corner of one of the screens.
> >
> > What I like about analog clocks is that you can UNDERSTAND the time at
> > a glance as it visually shows the relationship of now to then.
> > Whereas, with a digital clock, you always have to convert numbers to
> > meaning.
> >
> > AG (Does anybody know what time it is?) Schnozz
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