26 Apr
2013
26 Apr
'13
6:31 p.m.
On Apr 26, 2013, at 9:18 PM, John Wilson wrote:
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:45:10PM -0400, Mouse
wrote:
Oh man. My car's GPS has that same problem, and they only changed the
rules a year after I got it. Honda's response is, "You can just change
the clock manually like all the other clocks in your house", which has
two problems:
1) The other clocks in my house don't also set themselves forward or
backwards at the WRONG time automatically, so I don't have to manually
change them FOUR times a year.
2) The other clocks in my house are not part of a system I paid several
hundred dollars for that I can't remove from the house.
- Dave
I'm _especially_ against
having to use their choice of compiler - which, as I noted a message or
two ago, probably won't run on either the OS or the CPU architecture I
want to run it on even if I were willing to run it.
I certainly get that. For me it's a matter of categories. I can't get the
source code or schematics for my microwave oven, but while I'd certainly enjoy
having them, it's fiiiine. It's just an appliance. It's irritating being
denied full access to my own property, but I bought it to heat food, which it
does. Same with my car's ECU, my musical tuner, digital watch, and don't get
me started on the (*&^!@#*% TiVo which has had the wrong DST rules for several
years now because I won't pay the protection fees for a piece of hardware I
bought free and clear (for $400 for chrissake!).