Simple question... Why do alarm clock snooze buttons delay 9 minutes? - Page 2 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MSD · 10-20-2003, 07:23 AM

6 Minute snooze is the most sadistic thing ever. You just start to drift back off to sleep, and suddenly, BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

nofnway · 10-25-2003, 08:08 PM

beauty.....something to sleep on.

flecktone4 · 10-27-2003, 06:41 PM

my phone is my alarm... snooze is 6 mins

Doesn't Matter · 10-30-2003, 12:39 AM

Actually, wondash is right.

Seriously.

I read it somewhere...ummm...some readioshack thing.

JStrider · 10-30-2003, 09:41 PM

last year i hit the snooze button too much...

but this year ive got my bed lofted... so i gotta climb out of bed and down 6 feet to get to the alarm... so im already awake and on my feet when it goes off...

Nazggul · 10-31-2003, 03:56 PM

Sleep is a myth.

At least that's what my old college roomy always told me when he wanted to go out and party.

Sunrise · 11-01-2003, 12:10 AM

Meh I always just turn off my alarm clock.
Usually drift back to sleep
Somtimes waking up too late

zildjian · 11-03-2003, 01:51 PM

My Sony Clock Radio Alarm snoozes for 10, 20 or 30 minutes depending how many times i punch it!!

Devilchild · 11-04-2003, 03:35 PM

i press snooze on mine and the damn thing NEVER turns back on, its sooo annoying. i just have to get up

Artsemis · 11-04-2003, 03:59 PM

Just checked mine - 10 minutes.

Spooky · 11-09-2003, 01:27 AM

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Originally posted by BuddyHawks
[BJust set the alarm across the room and get out of bed the first time and turn it off, that way there is no temptation to hit the snooze button. [/B]

I did that for about a week during my freshman year. Sadly, I'm asininely stubborn as well as a man who enjoys his naptime, so occasionally I would just lie in bed getting more and more pissed off at the alarm clock and the world that required me to be awake for an 8 o' clock class (advice: you will not learn spanish at eight in the morning, instead learn it at 5 in the afternoon with an old cuban woman who insists on brewing fresh coffee for the herself and the class, and who also provides snacks and rambles in spanish all the time). Finally after a week of grousing myself across the room to hit the off button, I flew across the room in a lethargic rage and slammed the off button so hard the alarm clock shattered into several chunks of plastic. Then I went back to bed.

To this day I have no idea how long the snooze was.

SirGoreaxe · 11-16-2003, 12:13 AM

I like the snooze just like it was said earlier it lets you wake up in dregress rather than all at once

Chingal0 · 11-16-2003, 07:20 PM

My cell has 5 minute snooze. My alarm clock is 7 minutes. I have no idea.

SofaKing · 11-16-2003, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wondash
Thanks cliche for that link. My digital alarm clock is about 15 years old. No battery back-up, dim LED, and the radio station ruler no longer lights up. But I keep it because it has a 10 minute snooze!

Hahaha, same here, except for mine is apparently getting longer as it ages, and it looses a couple of minutes a day. I hope to find another one, I hate math in the morning.

thegreek · 11-16-2003, 10:21 PM

i can adjust mine... have it set at 13 right now, perfect wake up time when used with the radio too

Frowning Budah · 11-17-2003, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wondash
Thanks cliche for that link. My digital alarm clock is about 15 years old. No battery back-up, dim LED, and the radio station ruler no longer lights up. But I keep it because it has a 10 minute snooze!

Yea, that extra minute make everything else worthwhile.

emmdubbs · 11-17-2003, 08:03 PM

odd. my snooze is a 10 minute as well, and it clucks like a rooster.

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Originally posted by Shpoop
yea i find that if you set it for 10 minutes before u have to get up, and hit snooze and are sitting there in that half-sleep phase for 10 minutes, you will be alot less tired than if you just set it 10 minutes later and get up and get moving

i so agree with you..otherwise i'd be a mess at 6 am when i get up for work.

Jaseca · 11-19-2003, 10:04 PM

I had an alarm with variable snooze and I'd set it to 59 minutes. Nothing like waking up 2 hours earlier than you actually wanted looking at the clock and going "Hell yes, another hour"... twice

theevilhamster · 07-08-2010, 02:11 PM

The snooze is a life saver for me; I hit it when I intend to get my lazy butt out of bed, end up falling asleep again, and getting re-awoken by the snooze.

Xerxys · 07-08-2010, 07:27 PM

O-M-G!

I have always wanted to know this but never brought myself to google it.

Panopticon · 08-06-2010, 09:19 PM

My alarm clock (made by Sony) has something called the "Snoozinator" that allows you to snooze in 10 minute increments up to 60 minutes (ie - press once for 10 minutes, twice for 20 minutes, etc).

I can't even remember how many times I have inadvertently pushed the button more than one or two times, only to wind up late to school and/or work.

10-25-2003, 08:08 PM	#42 (permalink)
nofnway Insane Location: under the freeway bridge	beauty.....something to sleep on. __________________ "Iron rusts with disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold water freezes. Even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind" Leonardo Da Vinci

10-30-2003, 09:41 PM	#45 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	last year i hit the snooze button too much... but this year ive got my bed lofted... so i gotta climb out of bed and down 6 feet to get to the alarm... so im already awake and on my feet when it goes off... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

10-31-2003, 03:56 PM	#46 (permalink)
Nazggul Psycho Location: San Francisco	Sleep is a myth. At least that's what my old college roomy always told me when he wanted to go out and party. __________________ "If something has to give then it always will." -- Editors

11-04-2003, 03:59 PM	#50 (permalink)
Artsemis Insane Location: West Virginia	Just checked mine - 10 minutes. __________________ - Artsemis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are two keys to being the best: 1.) Never tell everything you know

11-16-2003, 12:13 AM	#52 (permalink)
SirGoreaxe Tilted Location: Bremerton, WA	I like the snooze just like it was said earlier it lets you wake up in dregress rather than all at once __________________ (;þ "You can't change what has happened, but you can make the best of it, and make better decisions from the past." (Unless there is a quick edit button.)

10-20-2003, 07:23 AM	#41 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	6 Minute snooze is the most sadistic thing ever. You just start to drift back off to sleep, and suddenly, BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

10-27-2003, 06:41 PM	#43 (permalink)
flecktone4 Tilted	my phone is my alarm... snooze is 6 mins

10-30-2003, 12:39 AM	#44 (permalink)
Doesn't Matter Banned	Actually, wondash is right. Seriously. I read it somewhere...ummm...some readioshack thing.

11-01-2003, 12:10 AM	#47 (permalink)
Sunrise Crazy Location: Melbourne, Australia	Meh I always just turn off my alarm clock. Usually drift back to sleep Somtimes waking up too late

11-03-2003, 01:51 PM	#48 (permalink)
zildjian Tilted	My Sony Clock Radio Alarm snoozes for 10, 20 or 30 minutes depending how many times i punch it!!

11-04-2003, 03:35 PM	#49 (permalink)
Devilchild Crazy	i press snooze on mine and the damn thing NEVER turns back on, its sooo annoying. i just have to get up

11-16-2003, 07:20 PM	#53 (permalink)
Chingal0 Something like that.. Location: Oreygun.	My cell has 5 minute snooze. My alarm clock is 7 minutes. I have no idea. __________________ "Eventually I became too sexy for my gym membership fee."

11-16-2003, 10:21 PM	#55 (permalink)
thegreek Banned	i can adjust mine... have it set at 13 right now, perfect wake up time when used with the radio too

11-19-2003, 10:04 PM	#58 (permalink)
Jaseca Tilted	I had an alarm with variable snooze and I'd set it to 59 minutes. Nothing like waking up 2 hours earlier than you actually wanted looking at the clock and going "Hell yes, another hour"... twice

07-08-2010, 02:11 PM	#59 (permalink)
theevilhamster Upright	The snooze is a life saver for me; I hit it when I intend to get my lazy butt out of bed, end up falling asleep again, and getting re-awoken by the snooze.

07-08-2010, 07:27 PM	#60 (permalink)
Xerxys Junkie Location: My head.	O-M-G! I have always wanted to know this but never brought myself to google it.

08-06-2010, 09:19 PM	#61 (permalink)
Panopticon Psycho	My alarm clock (made by Sony) has something called the "Snoozinator" that allows you to snooze in 10 minute increments up to 60 minutes (ie - press once for 10 minutes, twice for 20 minutes, etc). I can't even remember how many times I have inadvertently pushed the button more than one or two times, only to wind up late to school and/or work. __________________ .:Panopticon:.