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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:00 AM
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Did you know that 1:00 and :60 on a microwave will
both cook the same amount of time? My aunt always picks on me for hitting 1:00 to cook something for a minute. I asked her what she did. She inputs :60 and it works the same exact way. I was amazed. I must be nuts. Am I the last to learn this? :shrug:
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:02 AM
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1. Umm..are you smoking something?
'cause you very funny.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:02 AM
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11. No, I'm drug free,
unfortunately, except for an over the counter pain killer (tylenol generic version) for my aches and pains today. :hi:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:07 AM
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2. It's not you
It's the appliance manufacturers who think we're so freakin' stupid that we can't figure out 1:00 or :60, so they put a "One Minute" button on microwaves.

:eyes:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:04 AM
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12. I would think that 1:00
meant a minute and forty seconds though. I guess you are right. They ended up making a mistake in the process. What if someone puts out a product and tells you to cook it for a minute and forty seconds? What then? How do you get a microwave to cook something for that long exactly?
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:25 AM
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18. You're thinking in Base 10
In other words, logically. Minutes and seconds are Base 6.

Numbers. Who needs 'em? :puke:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:29 AM
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19. Oh, I get it now.
It's the electronics making that happen. <slaps forehead> I took a digital electronics class. I should have alrady known that. Duh...

I hate algebra but I love the binary coded decimal system and binary math. You only have 1's and 0's to deal with. Makes things much simpler. Algebra causes me to start trying to read what is says. I guess my brain sees algebra as english and messes with my head.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:34 AM
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20. Bingo
Which is why I never got algebra. Letters and numbers just should not mix. It's just... wrong. And probably anti-American.

What's that T-shirt about binary code? It's kinda along the lines of "There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who can count and those who can't."
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:38 AM
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22. I haven't seen the shirt, but I used to love
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 03:39 AM by Jamastiene
sitting around after class and doing the binary counting labs more than once. When we made the timer, it was mind blowing for me. I don't know why electronics and electricity in general has always fascinated me so much, but to this day, it still does. I found myself just flipping the toggle switch over and over and restarting the counter once my lab partner and I got it to work.

Forgot to mention that I liked the three kinds of people joke. :rofl:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 04:00 AM
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26. There are 10 types of people in the world...
Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:53 PM
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28. Not exactly
If they were base six, you couldn't have 47 minutes.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, ...
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:02 PM
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29. You punch in 1:40.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:11 AM
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3. You can even punch 90 instead of 1:30, at least on mine
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:13 AM
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4. Mine's got a different kinda button for that
It says "Popcorn."

:popcorn:

Just what I wanted — a microwave built by the same people who make fast-food cash registers. :eyes:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:24 AM
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6. Mine's made by Diebold - I push the Popcorn button, and it makes coffee

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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:27 AM
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8. ROFL!
:rofl:

Nice shot! :thumbsup:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 11:19 AM
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27. Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:07 AM
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15. OMG. LOL.
:rofl:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:06 AM
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14. Using the popcorn button on ours will cause
smoke and burnt popcorn. It's true. We always have to stop it about 30 seconds early. I hate burnt popcorn, although I have eaten it before.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:19 AM
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5. 88 is almost as good as 90 and takes even less time
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:25 AM
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7. But 95 takes more
But it cooks more too.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:08 AM
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17. Good one.
:rofl:
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:54 AM
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9. LOL!
And 88 is more symmetrical than 90 and so is more aesthetically pleasing....


Khash.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:01 AM
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10. Plus you don't have to move your finger to another
button. Hey, if something is easier, I'll try it.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:07 AM
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16. LOL.
:rofl:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:05 AM
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13. It's such a mind fuck in a way. n/t
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:35 AM
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21. We need an exploding head smiley!
:rofl:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:42 AM
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23. We could use a picture of Nancy Grace.
She ALWAYS looks like her head is about to explode. I don't see how that woman is still alive as angry is she is all the time.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:48 AM
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24. Well, she discharges her anger on a regular basis
so it does not build up...
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 03:58 AM
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25. When I read that, I just pictured steam blowing out her ears and nose. n/t
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