The inventor of the snooze alarm has died...
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Funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:00, 8:05, 8:10 and 8:15! Getting my coat already, calm down! :doh:
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:00, 8:05, 8:10 and 8:15! Getting my coat already, calm down! :doh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
Funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:00, 8:05, 8:10 and 8:15! Getting my coat already, calm down! :doh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeWow! 5 minute snoozes. My alarm only does 15 minutes. How is he supposed to get any final rest?
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Funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:00, 8:05, 8:10 and 8:15! Getting my coat already, calm down! :doh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeSnooze is actually every nine minutes. If you're gonna try to be funny, use technically correct values so programmers don't get distracted by requirements and use cases.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Snooze is actually every nine minutes. If you're gonna try to be funny, use technically correct values so programmers don't get distracted by requirements and use cases.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013My clock can be set to 5 and 10 minutes snooze intervals. I've never figured out the reason for the 9 minutes... :confused: And how can you accuse me of trying to be funny when some poor bloke has just died? :sigh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
My clock can be set to 5 and 10 minutes snooze intervals. I've never figured out the reason for the 9 minutes... :confused: And how can you accuse me of trying to be funny when some poor bloke has just died? :sigh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeYou can google it, but I'll tell you. Back in the 50's when "snooze" was invented, clocks had already long been standardized in terms of internal gears. To avoid significant redesign of pretty much every alarm clock on the planet, manufacturers could choose between just over nine minutes, or just over ten minutes. Someone somewhere did a study that found that snoozing for 10 minutes was enough time to fall back into a deeper sleep, so they chose nine minutes, assuming it would be a more pleasurable experience. Nowadays, digital clocks can have their snooze time adjusted (like on the iPad, or your cel phone, for instance), but their default snooze times are still nine minutes.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
My clock can be set to 5 and 10 minutes snooze intervals. I've never figured out the reason for the 9 minutes... :confused: And how can you accuse me of trying to be funny when some poor bloke has just died? :sigh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
I've never figured out the reason for the 9 minutes...
[Apparently...](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1361/why-does-the-alarm-clock-snooze-button-give-you-nine-extra-minutes-not-ten)
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