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  • Doctor PhibesD Online
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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
    #7

    This argument feels a bit like the 1970's. As in, the decade you guys are stuck in.

    Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials? Or maybe Stonehenge?

    I was only joking

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      Says the ever analog engineer.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        This argument feels a bit like the 1970's. As in, the decade you guys are stuck in.

        Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials? Or maybe Stonehenge?

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        @doctor-phibes said in Digital vs Analog:

        Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials?

        That is the centerpiece in my garden.

        Actually an armillary

        The single red cobblestone (top/left) is aligned with the North star so I can align the armillary.

        ![alt text](d30f77f6-428a-4129-9760-ef28a3e37f8c-image.png image url)

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        • MikM Mik

          Says the ever analog engineer.

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          @mik said in Digital vs Analog:

          Says the ever analog engineer.

          I can communicate digitally when the situation calls for it....

          e13edf8f-1771-4228-9580-fac2bf95fc7b-image.png

          I was only joking

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          • MikM Offline
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            #11

            That's SO analog.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • CopperC Copper

              @doctor-phibes said in Digital vs Analog:

              Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials?

              That is the centerpiece in my garden.

              Actually an armillary

              The single red cobblestone (top/left) is aligned with the North star so I can align the armillary.

              ![alt text](d30f77f6-428a-4129-9760-ef28a3e37f8c-image.png image url)

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              @copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?

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              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                @copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?

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                #13

                @taiwan_girl said in Digital vs Analog:

                @copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?

                I can't get the sun to stop long enough to measure.

                Actually it is fairly accurate, give or take 5 or 10 minutes.

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                  Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right. I think Santa is getting me an Apple Watch this year, so I have to start paying attention.

                  Also, aside from "relative to the 12 hour period" digital is faster for me. With analog, you have to look at it and then decide what the numbers are, vs just reading the numbers.

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                  • 89th8 89th

                    Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right. I think Santa is getting me an Apple Watch this year, so I have to start paying attention.

                    Also, aside from "relative to the 12 hour period" digital is faster for me. With analog, you have to look at it and then decide what the numbers are, vs just reading the numbers.

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                    @89th said in Digital vs Analog:

                    Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right.

                    Of course, every mechanical watch I've had since I was a kid had the crown on the right hand side (assuming I wore the watch on my left wrist). In the days when you'd pull the crown out a bit to set the watch, it made a lot of sense, because you'd use your right index finger and thumb to do it.

                    But, with the Apple watch, the crown doesn't pull out - it's strictly a button that you push in or turn. For me, it's easier to do that with my right thumb, and less awkward than using my index finger.

                    YMM(of course) V.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • George KG George K

                      @89th said in Digital vs Analog:

                      Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right.

                      Of course, every mechanical watch I've had since I was a kid had the crown on the right hand side (assuming I wore the watch on my left wrist). In the days when you'd pull the crown out a bit to set the watch, it made a lot of sense, because you'd use your right index finger and thumb to do it.

                      But, with the Apple watch, the crown doesn't pull out - it's strictly a button that you push in or turn. For me, it's easier to do that with my right thumb, and less awkward than using my index finger.

                      YMM(of course) V.

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                      @george-k Good to know, I agree about pushing with the thumb, but turning is probably best with my index finger. We'll see..... ho ho ho

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