Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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Apart from the clock/timer on a range, most other "always on" devices have
a

poor

reason for always being on. If unplugged or disconnected, you generally
have to reset all the options every time you plug the

poorly designed

device in. Good
examples are

poorly designed

VCR and DVD recorders, coffeemakers with programmable cycles,
almost anything that stores settings

in volatile memory instead of the correct way

..
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