so here is a question for all dms

[anthonyno2]

This is a bit of a random question, but the answer ha sbeen bugging me for a long time. Ok so...

On a microwave, if you push 60, then it will cook for 60 seconds or one minute.(Following me?)
AND if you also press 1:00 it will cook for one minute, or 60 seconds.(Right, right?)
OK! Well, my question is....
If you add 1:00 + 1:00 it is = 2:00 right? So your food will cook for a total of two minutes.
BUT if you add 60 seconds + 60 seconds it will only cook for one minute and twenty seconds. Even though 60 seconds is one minute?
(I know, confusing question.)

I guess to put it into simpliest terms, How come 1 minute + 1 minute = 2 minutes, but 60 seconds + 60 seconds = only one minute and twenty seconds?



if you can give me the right answer you will win a cookie.

[da-N-ks]

we dont even hav a microwave here at home ... i guess it is because the microwave adds 60+60 and then thinks that 1:00 which looks like 100 is one minute and 60+60 is 120 so it is 1min and 20 secs right? that would be what i think it is just a program mistake coz that 60 is 1 minute is ok but it wasnt programed that a addition of seconds has to be shared through 60 to get the mins and the wave takes 100 to share the seconds and get minutes

[Nemez]

I think the real question here is; dake omg, why dont you have a microwave? how do u survive in life?

[anthonyno2]

DAKE YOU ARE RIGHT. 100% correct . to be honest i didnt think anyone would get it that quick the answer is
the Microwave uses Base 100 for addition, and uses Base 60 for cooking times.

Put simply: 100 seconds = 1 Minute 40 seconds, right? You would put in 1:40.

If you put in 60, it equals one minute. If you add 60 to that, the computer inside the microwave reads the new number as 120, and forces the colon between the 1 and 2, creating 1:20, AkA 80 seconds.

[da-N-ks]

well i am a smart boy u know and i am smart coz i dont eat something that is made by electromagnetic waves or whateva a microwave uses ( the truth is my parents just hate microwaves and dont buy one )

[Spooshy]

WTF? Spooshy's microwave knows how to count, so Spooshy don't have to be a smart boy.

[da-N-ks]

haha yea but u r a rich man and rich men never buy cheap products right? but others dont hav that money and hav to be good in maths to understand the microwave

[Spooshy]

LOLZ

[anthonyno2]

try it your self... put in your microwave 1:20 and it will be 80 seconds when it gets down to 1:00 it will start at 60. but put in 2:00 it will be 2 minutes 60 and then 60

[Spooshy]

...

[anthonyno2]

i was right?

[da-N-ks]

think spooshies wave doesnt have the problem i guess it is programmed a bit better

[dmsfoxie]

think they all work that way tbh

[da-N-ks]

oh ok didnt know^^

[Spooshy]

From 1:20 it will eventually go down to 1:01 and then 1:00 and then :59 etc. Just like any timekeeping device counting down to something. R U sure your microwave is from this century and all? Maybe you are living on the edge of a timezone, and the micro has an issue with witch GMT +/- time it should use to cook you vegetables and does it 50/50 in both zones? And what's the point here to begin with anyways?

[anthonyno2]

i was bored. but like i said
How come 1 minute + 1 minute = 2 minutes, but 60 seconds + 60 seconds = only one minute and twenty seconds?
that was the original question