From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2007-03-31T10:20:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Micrrowave Numbers (#118)

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* Hans Fugal, 30.03.2007 17:50:
> My microwave will win in every case. It has a dial timer.

If it wins or not is not decided. Mine has a dial timer as well. As a
shootout we would have to compare degrees per minute :-)

Besides: I wonder why microwave ovens don't simply have an up and a
dow button (like those present on most mobile phones) to
increment/decrement the time setting(s).

A dial timer is quite imprecise (especially for short time intervals)
for mechanical reasons while a numerical pad is unnecessarily
complicated meaning that it has many parts that may fail. They won't
fail? Hmm, perhaps you compare it to your PC keyboard, but: In most
households the s/p probability density peaks near the microwave, and
not near the keyboard.

s/p: softdrink/pizza

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt, eagerly awaiting tomorrow's RFC :-)
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