On 6/12/2012 7:57 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:09:41 -0700 (PDT), somebody
> > wrote:
>
>> I hate to admit it, but when you press the bagel button it does make
>> perfect toasted english muffins. They come out exactly as I like
>> them. Spackled browns but no black. I think all it does is add about
>> 45 seconds or so to the toasting cycle though... Another oddity about
>> it: I tried to push up the lever to make it stop toasting the other
>> day and it wouldn't go up. Didn't want to break it so didn't force it
>> too hard, but it would not go up like toasters I have known before.
>> You have to press the Cancel button.
>>
>> Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
>> end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
>> and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
>> hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
>> posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
>> camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
>> goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
>> troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
>> over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.
>
> Most modern toasters know how long and at what heat to toast the same
> way clothes dryers know when clothes are dry, they have a moisture
> sensor.

My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. And has a
cancel button to make it pop up.