Mr. Coffee Time

My $25 white plastic Mr. Coffee coffee machine does not contain an atomic clock. That is probably a good thing as such a device would sell for more than $25.

However, Mr. Coffee's lack of precise timekeeping equipment unfortunately means that instead of relying upon one second gained every twenty million years, I see the time as viewed by the not that conscious Mr. Coffee, who already has a more than six hour delay going on his clock since I plugged him in in September.

This unfortunately renders the auto program function relatively useless.

Thankfully, NASA, air traffic control, ship navigators, and computer networks are not relying upon Mr. Coffee for the time, despite his potentially crucial role in coffee provisioning.

Posted at 2:13 PM Mr. Coffee Time