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1103: Nine

2012-09-03T16:26:27Z

70.178.3.51: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1103
| date = September 03, 2012
| title = Nine
| image = Nine.png
| imagesize =
| 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.
}}

== Explanation ==

This comic seems simple enough... 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 for one to use numbers like 7,8, or 9 he would have to cook something for that number of minutes. Cueball, however, feels bad for the under used '9' and so he nukes his food (or whatever) for one minute fifty-nine seconds instead of two minutes, as one second difference is negligible.
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1103: Nine

2012-09-03T16:25:20Z

70.178.3.51: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1103
| date = September 03, 2012
| title = Nine
| image = Nine.png
| imagesize =
| 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.
}}

== Explanation ==

This comic seems simple enough... 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 for one to use numbers like 7,8, or 9 he would have to cook something that number of minutes. Cueball, however, feels bad for the under used '9' and so he nukes his food (or whatever) for one minute fifty-nine seconds instead of two minutes, as one second difference is negligible.
{{Incomplete|1103: Nine}}

{{Comic discussion}}

1103: Nine

2012-09-03T16:24:46Z

70.178.3.51: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1103
| date = September 03, 2012
| title = Nine
| image = Nine.png
| imagesize =
| 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.
}}

== Explanation ==

This comic seems simple enough... 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 for one to use numbers like 7,8, or 9 you would have to cook something that number of minutes. Cueball, however, feels bad for the under used '9' and so he nukes his food (or whatever) for one minute fifty-nine seconds instead of two minutes, as one second difference is negligible.
{{Incomplete|1103: Nine}}

{{Comic discussion}}

1103: Nine

2012-09-03T16:24:12Z

70.178.3.51:

{{comic
| number = 1103
| date = September 03, 2012
| title = Nine
| image = Nine.png
| imagesize =
| 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.
}}

== Explanation ==

This comic seems simple enough... 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 7,8, or 9 you would have to cook something that number of minutes. Cueball, however, feels bad for the under used '9' and so he nukes his food (or whatever) for one minute fifty-nine seconds instead of two minutes, as one second difference is negligible.
{{Incomplete|1103: Nine}}

{{Comic discussion}}