On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:59:37 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:
[snip]
But yes, I really hate the tendency of manufacturers to throw clocks in
every damn thing just because they can and it's cheap - and then don't
put any provision in there for automatic setting. I don't mind the
clock in my cable box, because it automatically sets itself,
BTW, maybe you know that on modern equipment "off" is mostly a lie.
Try measuring power consumption sometime. When I tried that on my
cable box, I found no measurable difference. If you want real off, add
a switched outlet.
but I agree
- one in the stove is marginally useful, say, the couple times a year
you want the oven to come on at 3AM for a turkey for a big holiday meal,
Are it's safe to leave food in the oven until then?
but the one in the microwave is completely useless.
My microwave would be better without a clock. I don't set it
(intentionally) but sometimes it gets set anyway. A clock set wrong is
worse than no clock at all, and the only way to unset it is to unplug
the microwave and plug it back in. I have the microwave plugged in
behind something, so that's not so easy.
And the one in my
car's radio is more of an annoyance than anything else, because the only
time I really notice it is when I have to reset it because having
something displaying the WRONG time is annoying.
I'd be quite happy if every clock I had just automatically sync'd with
WWVB so I didn't have to mess with it.
That'd be good, and then there'd be NO benefit to Daylight Saving
Time. Life could be greatly simplified.
And then there's the people who deliberately set their watches fast so
they're not late... soon enough to learn not to ask them what the time
is because it's painful to watch them doing the mental math after
looking at their watches...
There's no limit to what people will do to get out of work. In that
case the "work" is just being on time.
BTW, while the above is a very common use of the word "fast" you might
notice that it's not a correct one. A watch set incorrectly has
nothing to do with speed.
nate
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