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Don't laugh. I wear one every day. No kiddin'
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"There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't." And those who do would need no power of two in decimal base printed above the LEDs :-)
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I've seen that ad a number of times and the one
thing I don't "get".
The "hour" display is 4 LED's,
the hour shown in the picture is "13" (8+4+1).
Yet, 4 LED's can only display up to "15" hours...
So....
If the watch can't display 24 hours (that would require 5
"hour" LED's), why is it displaying "13"?
After that I haven't even bothered to decipher the minutes.
Ren
dona nobis pacem
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Yes, I have one too. Friends call it my geek watch. I generally wear it on important days such as Sunday at Church. I get a lot of questions and interest and they want to know how to tell what time it is. Unfortunately, it only takes about 10-15 seconds before they say, "never mind" and loose interest in how to tell the time.
FYI, there is no provision to tell AM or PM unfortunately nor is their a calender. It is a fun watch however.
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At last September's HHC2006, folks were asking to see Eric Smith's watch - which IIRC, was this Nixie Tube model (don't miss the Quicktime movie :-). The first HP-01 watch I had ever seen (in person), was also worn by Eric - at the HHC1998 (or 99?) in Vancover, WA.
People often ask "What is that?" when they point at the BCD Clock in my office. I can rattle off the time instantly (because they don't notice the regular clock-radio sitting behind the BCD clock ;-).
Matt