strange remark about your collection?

On 09/27/2012 12:28 PM, Tony Duell wrote: Well now, that depends upon your description of "programmable". I can program my microwave oven to cook for X minutes at power level 3, then cook for Y minutes at power level 2, then keep things warm for as long as I care. If I recall correctly, the section in the owner's manual even calls that "programming" Here's a web page on programming a Panasonic commercial microwave, complete with references to the "PROG" button. http://www.panasonic.com/business/commercial-food-services/technical-suppor… LG offers an Internet refrigerator that will not only tell you about what's inside, but allow you to surf the web while making ice cubes. Samsung offers a WiFi enabled fridge that allows one to check Google calendars, get the latest weather, leave messages, plan menus and monitor needs for recipes... If those aren't "kitchen computers", I don't know what is. One curious side effect is the vanishing of traditional controls. My sister-in-law is legally blind and lives in a home with an all-electric kitchen. She remarks that it's increasingly difficult to find a kitchen stove with real knob controls--it's all touch surfaces with digital visual readout. --Chuck