On 26 Jan 2010 at 19:47, Dave McGuire wrote:
That's pretty scary stuff. I will laugh in the
face of the
"engineer" who designs a 32-bit processor into a refrigerator.
Remove the "32-bit" from your sentence and you my sentiments.
True story--my sister-in-law is legally blind and usually quite self-
sufficient. When she and her husband decided to remodel their
kitchen, they couldn't find a new electric range with knobs that
would give a tactile indication of which burner was on and the level.
Just buttons and displays. Which is very dangerous if you can't
see. I don't understand why anyone would design a dishwasher with a
CPU in it--surely that has to be one of the most hostile environments
in the home.
I like my radios with tuning knobs and really thougth the volume knob
on my old HP PC keyboard was pretty neat. I'm thinking about how I
might add one to a Model M.
--Chuck