Why do alarm clocks have 9 minute snooze? Why not 10 minutes, why not 20?
2007-02-16 00:53:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Its to do with the original digital alarm clocks, they have very little memory registers on them and 9 was a logical count down because it required les memory.
Not to be confused with base 2 ( binary ) where the boundaries woudl be 4, 8 or 16 minutes, original alarm clocks worked in base 10 so the boundaries were 9 or 99 minutes.
Boring eh ? 'tis the thruth though, i used to work on them and write the programs for the single chip computers
2007-02-16 01:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Michael H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
One of mine has a five minute snooze, the other has a 10 minute snooze. What I don't understand is the snooze mode that turns on the radio for 59 minutes. It really pisses me off when I accidentally hit that button.
2007-02-16 01:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by P K 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mine's 5 minutes
2016-03-28 22:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you can snooze for 9 more minutes after you hit it
2007-02-16 00:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by Rolando Mactavish VI 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
From when the alarmgoes off, and you hit the snooze button, that is a minute gone, so, plus 9, = 10 minutes. Easier to calculate. hope this helps......
2007-02-16 00:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Why does it have to be 10 or 20 mins? What's wrong with 9?? :-P
2007-02-16 00:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by Cat burgler 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
mine has 5 minute snooze
2007-02-16 00:56:44 · answer #7 · answered by links305 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Perhaps it is so that after the 9th minute you have the 10th minute to fully wake up, thus giving you the 10 minutes extra in bed.
2007-02-16 00:58:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why even have snooze, Its time to get up.
2007-02-16 00:57:30 · answer #9 · answered by No I Dont Like You 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I never noticed.....never use mine, hate alarm clocks!!!
2007-02-16 01:01:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋