From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-04-01T01:15:24+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Micrrowave Numbers (#118)

On 3/31/07, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Rick DeNatale
>
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>
>
Wait I second guys my MW has a Ruby interpreter ;) [1.6 though, Matz
did you abandon the Microwave edition?]

Robert

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