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| date = September 03, 2012 | | date = September 03, 2012 | ||
| title = Nine | | title = Nine | ||
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| titletext = FYI: If you get curious and start trying to calculate the time adjustment function that minimizes the gap between the most-used and least-used digit (for a representative sample of common cook times) without altering any time by more than 10%, and someone asks you what you are doing, it is easier to just lie. | | titletext = FYI: If you get curious and start trying to calculate the time adjustment function that minimizes the gap between the most-used and least-used digit (for a representative sample of common cook times) without altering any time by more than 10%, and someone asks you what you are doing, it is easier to just lie. | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
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− | + | Most common cook times are given in either whole, half, or quarter minute increments; e.g., 2:00 min. or 1:30 min. Meaning that 1,2,3,4,5 and 0 are the most used digits on the microwave, and to use numbers like 6,7,8, or 9, one would have to cook something for that number of minutes. Cueball, however, feels bad for the under used number '9,' so he microwaves his food for one minute fifty-nine seconds instead of two minutes, as a one second difference is negligible. | |
− | + | Title text is reminiscent of comic [[245: Floor Tiles]]. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | [Cueball is standing at a microwave] | |
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− | : | + | Cueball: How long do you zap these? |
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− | + | Character off-frame: Two minutes. | |
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− | + | Cueball: Thanks! | |
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+ | [Buttons being pushed] | ||
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+ | <nowiki>*Beep*</nowiki> 1 | ||
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+ | <nowiki>*Beep*</nowiki> 5 | ||
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+ | <nowiki>*Beep*</nowiki> 9 | ||
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+ | Cueball (whispered): It's ok, nine. You are not forgotten. | ||
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+ | Caption: Ever since I heard the simile "As neglected as the Nine button on the microwave." I've found myself adjusting cook times. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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