Does Maths make things easier?
Few people seem to bother about the intricacies of such early maths, yet the problems people have with maths are widespread. A simple household task such as programming a videorecorder for time recording seems to complicated for many people. On older VCRs one had to key in the amount of minutes that it took to broadcast the program. To work this out required subtraction of the start time from the end time. Watching the clock on the wall usually means one has to count in steps of five. Furthermore, many people have problems with the fact that there are sixty minutes in one hour, i.e. time seems to progress in conflict with the metric system. Such issues appear too complex for many people. Newer VCRs tackle this problem by asking for both the start time and the end time of the program. Some models allow for bar-code entry of program details. The fact that it has taken so long for manufacturers of VCRs to come up with more friendly ways of time programming, is indicative for the establish
