[Elecraft] K3: too easy to overwrite dial memories

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

At the risk of offending someone - computers (and the K3 has a certain  
amount of that) should be programmed to serve humanity and not the  
other way around.
I've been in IT 39 years and there was a time when I accepted that a  
human might have to work a certain way or act a certain way in order  
for the computer program to best succeed.
This is no longer the case and I don't accept that any program is so  
limited that it makes it difficult for the human.

This is what the basis of all modern computing should be. That goes  
for the K3 too, which by the way I love and am NOT complaining about,  
but I would prefer some form of confirmation step before I overwrite a  
memory.
This does not need to be a sting of 'Are You Sure', 'Are You Really  
Sure You Want To", 'Are you sure you DONT want too'! - just something  
like a contiguous two button press or one button twice is sufficient  
and that should be configurable for those that don't want that feature.
</RANT>

73 de M0XDF, K3 #174

-- 
I never did a day's work in my life; it was all fun. -Thomas Edison

On 30 May 2008, at 18:20, hank k8dd wrote:

> I see no problem in wishing the
> radio to cover my humanity