<br>I'm with you 100%, brother. Add to the microwave reqs, the ability to not burn the popcorn!<br><br>It would be nice if microwaving instruction included the power rating of the test oven AND microwaves had a way input that number as part of the heating data input. There are some microwaves, marketed to the senior citizen and small children users, that have a scanner to read specially marked microwaveable meals. This will program the oven automagically. My mom has one and really loves it. She can heat a frozen dinner without her glasses on.<br>
<br>Now only if those dinners tasted better...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:15 PM, The Don Lachlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="http://ale-at-ale.org">ale-at-ale.org</a>@<a href="http://unpopularminds.org">unpopularminds.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 06/08/2011 01:43 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> You're just sounding old and grumpy :-)<br>
<br>
</div>Grumpy, not old. Design (like features) have been handed over to<br>
marketing and "business" people, so it's less about making things<br>
"better" and almost entirely about making things profitable, which<br>
includes nonsense like "brand". Brands must be "distinct" and "unique",<br>
which means non-functional when your competitor is functional. Pure<br>
FLOSS projects don't care about profit but they still tend to care about<br>
brand...<br>
<br>
I just want to be able to walk up to a microwave and not spend time<br>
figuring out how to heat up my damn leftovers.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
-L<br>
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