Yes, accuracy is something I'm not too worried about with the minute resolution of the clock, the same doesn't apply to hour, or using the same UI control for AM/PM, which means you now have 3 datasets applied to the same UI pattern, 1-12, 1-59, AM-PM ... I really like their keyboard (it does it's job very effectively), don't like the time picker.

Also, for something as utilitarian as an alarm clock interface, (something I may want to change while half asleep), I would sacrifice any 'fun' aspects of setting the alarm for a predictable interface. Inaccurate & slower for me is going backwards in usability.

Yes it is a problem, and seems to be taking us backward in terms of usability. Apple is the worst for this, imo, their iPhone interface for setting an alarm is abysmal, hard to use with any accuracy, because you're sliding dials around, which have physics attached to them. So instead of being able to type in: 7, 3, 0 on a keypad, you're forced to deal with 3 different dials, pushing up & down until it gets it right. (It also stinks of 'hey, lets use multitouch for EVERYTHING).

Also, accessibility takes a hit, as you're now dealing with pictures of physical things, and all people are left with are the equivalent of ALT tags on images with image maps.

By putting: "Think of how great this would be at sporting events or family reunions!" at the end of the summary you've guaranteed a fucked discussion, way to fucking go. Lets not discuss this, just talk about how fucked up it would be to have these at sporting events and the hilarity that would ensue.

There was a UK national living in Australia who was extradited a few years back to the US for piracy. There was a lot of belief at the time that this had something to do with the "free trade" agreement between AU & US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hew_Raymond_Griffiths

I actually kinda liked it. Unfortunately, as an idea it was probably 5-7 years too soon, and is easily & freely replicated by using UTC/local time for coordinating.

Yeah, why wouldn't a budding P2P distributed, PKI backed currency infrastructure designed for the Internet age be of news to nerds?

Do you feel that any time software, games or services are mentioned you're being pitched to? Maybe you're on the wrong site ....

At what point will it become obvious to people like you that the rest of us are perfectly capable of looking up acronyms and unrecognised terms on the net by ourselves?

I find this constant bitching in almost every thread about unknown information by regular internet users to be one of the most incomprehensible aspects of slashdot. If a quick skim of any major search engine's first page of results cross-related against the context from the article summary doesn't leave you feeling enlightened then I can understand asking for more information. Otherwise, please do the search, then STFU and sit there, warm in the glow that you know something the rest of us don't.

Really? These days it seems more home to astroturfing IP-loving douchebags like yourself.

You mean like where Apple-released software has access to APIs and features that no other iPhone/iPad developers have, in a manner eerily reminiscent of Microsoft's undocumented APIs?

Yeah, they're clearly nothing alike.

I predict a future study that links it to Asperger's.

Self-diagnose away!