Every morning I see the same progress bar for a 30 sec or so. Sometimes I see it twice a day. If you ‘ll guess right what progress bar I ‘m talking about, I ‘ll send you a free signed copy of my book “The Java Tutorial for the Real World “.

Please send your answers at yfain at sys-con.com.

Update: We ‘ve got the winner – Ryan Powers. He did not answer exactly what the progress bar was shown, but at least he named the device properly – a coffeemaker. We have this coffee machine in the pantry room that shows a progress bar while it makes the coffee. I know, it ‘s crazy to have a progress bar there, but hey, it ‘s 21 Century!