From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-04-01T01:06:41+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Micrrowave Numbers (#118)

On 3/30/07, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@gmx.de> wrote:
> * 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.

Well our MW has a digital timer with a dial input.  The dial works
like the dreaded BMW iDrive control, you can turn it AND push it.

To set the timer you hit the timer or cook time button, then twist the
dial to set the minutes which show up on the digital display.  You
then push the dial in which shifts it to setting the seconds, a second
push on the dial completes the process.

And no, you can't enter seconds greater than 59 with this setup.


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