Friday, 27 May 2011

DAY 314

Why do so many alarm clocks have a 9-minute "snooze" interval?

Answer:

After nine minutes, the last digit of the time will be one less that it was nine minutes before (6:15 + 9 minutes = 6:24). Having to monitor only one digit must somehow simplify the electronics of the clock.

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