Last night I had to re-boot the oven because it had crashed. I only wanted to grill a couple of tomatoes for our dinner. Does it really require that amount of computational complexity?

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25 June 2007 in Engineering, Human Nature, Notes by Stilgherrian | 2 comments
Last night I had to re-boot the oven because it had crashed. I only wanted to grill a couple of tomatoes for our dinner. Does it really require that amount of computational complexity?
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25 June 2007 at 8:55 am
Richard
Time to dig a fire pit in the garden?
And what’s the deal with those ‘internet fridges’? Unless they can autonomously order more groceries for you, I don’t see the point. If you can’t stay away from the web for 30 minutes while you cook, you may have a problem.