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Re:USS McCain collision ultimately caused by UI confusion by bitwize on Friday November 03, 2017 @07:59AM (#15618446)
Y'know how they say "don't touch that dial"? When I grew up, TVs actually still had dials you had to turn. The tuner responded instantaneously when you changed the channel. Now get off my lawn you damn kids.
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Re:USS McCain collision ultimately caused by UI confusion by Piskvorrr on Friday November 03, 2017 @08:22AM (#15618566)
Of course it did, you were directly manipulating the a resistor in its circuit. Getting the channel just right...and keeping it there...that was, of course, the flipside.
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