> Not at all; in the area of convection ovens, for instance, I can't help but 
> see some sort of synergy between a 2GHz Pentium(tm) "microcontroller" and a 
> nice, juicy T-bone. Man, can't you just TASTE it? And with a simple scale and 
> scanner interface, it should be easier to model what's in the oven to provide 
> for ideal cooking conditions.

  I wonder if you meant "a 2.45GHz Pentium(tm)."  You could
add highly programmable microwave function to your oven.

-- Yoshiki