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On the new microwave, the Stop/Reset button is where the Start button was on the old microwave (which I used daily for 13 years) and vice versa.

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  • The stop button on the work microwave is where the start button is on the home one. I now feel like my parents as I study the panel of the micro before pushing anything.
    • Don't worry. As you age, your technology proficiency will tend to stagnate around the level of technology available to you as you grew to adulthood. So when there's things like brain interfaces and complete immersion virtual reality, you'll spend hours studying the controls before giving up and letting the damned clock just blink 12:00.

      • Or, I will follow my parent's lead once again and put electrical tape over the blinking clock so it'll be unable to mock me anymore;-)

      • At what age does that start? I'll become 30 next month and people still turn me for everything technical. The only thing I can't do anymore (and that has been the case since my early twenties) is computer games. I used to get them "at once", now I just "don't get them" *sigh*

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by turg ( 19864 ) *
          Sounds like it's already happening -- it's just that other technologies haven't yet changed as much as computer games? :-)

          (plus, you'll keep on top of what you do for work)

          So, how do you think that popular music today compares to the popular music when you were a teenager?

          • I assume I stay pretty much on top because of my work and my focus on technology.

            The music is strange: I think a lot of stuff is crap, but I do enjoy the occasional pop song. Lately I like Lily Allen [wikipedia.org] (and she's friggin cute too! So perhaps the oldification hasn't set in yet. ;-)

    • I just pictured you or turg going up to the microwave and typing 2-0-0 and hitting clear. "Fuck!" 2-0-0, clear. "Fuck!" 2-0-0, start. "WooHoo!"

      Coworker: "What are you so excited about?"
      "I hit START!"
      Coworker slowly backs out of break room. :-)

      • True story. I walked into the breakroom at a former law firm once and one of the senior litigation partners was in there with a freshly popped bag of popcorn. He was also grinning ear to ear, dancing a bit, and humming a happy little tune. Indeed, save for the suit, he would not have looked out of place in Midsummer Night's Dream.

        "Good day?" I asked as he started to head back to his office.

        "Oh yeah. I just figured out a great way to f--- my enemies!" Then he just sauntered out humming merrily away.

        • How the hell did he get to be a senior partner without first knowing how to royal fuck people over?

          Thanks, I'll be here all week!

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by spun ( 1352 )
        I've actually done that with the microwave at work, which has the same problem. Well, twice in a row anyway. And there weren't any cow-orkers watching, so I did in fact say "WooHoo!" On the one hand, I'm glad I don't have to continually remember how to walk, but on the other hand, muscle memory sucks sometimes.

        Reminds me of a passage from King Solomon's Ring by early animal behavioralist Konrad Lorenz wherein he captured some water shrews and put them in a big aquarium that had a floating platform with a de
        • So that's when Konrad put the rock back...

          A scientist after my own heart. I would have repeated the experiment about 5 more times, after inviting friends over. :-)

  • They have a timer knob. You rotate knob to desired time, microwave starts. When done it dings. If you want to stop it early, you open the door.

    HOW DID THEY MESS UP SUCH A GREAT UI???

    Oh yah, they made it digital, thats how.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by ncc74656 ( 45571 ) *

      They have a timer knob. You rotate knob to desired time, microwave starts. When done it dings. If you want to stop it early, you open the door.

      Unless you're going way the hell back, you probably want to substitute "inexpensive" (or "cheap") for old. The microwave in my office (purchased in 1992) has a mechanical timer, which I never liked much because it's not all that precise. It was relatively inexpensive at the time (under $100), though, and it got the job done (and still does). OTOH, the first mi

  • There's this annoying quad-square key on my keyboard where "Ctrl" used to be. Grr.

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