And lo On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:52:17 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>  
did spake thusly:

> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible
>> crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
>
> That's a good question.  The sort of thing that occurs to me all the  
> time, really.

Try toasting a frozen slice of bread on the 'normal' setting.

> I found out in Dallas that my security badge was apparently authorized  
> to unlock the building but not authorized to turn off the burglar alarm.  
> Why would you even *make* a system where it was possible to configure it  
> that way?

Depends on the setup. Off the top of my head imagine a situation with a  
night-guard on reception. The building is locked, but the alarms aren't  
on. Now if the building can't be locked without the alarms being activated  
that's a pointless function of the card.

-- 
Phil Cook

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