To that, add universal remotes, smart phones, computers, digital thermostats, digital cameras, digital clocks and watches, digital auto heating/cooling controls, home theater systems... at least your wife is willing to ask questions and will eventually be good at it. Some aren't!

Someday, the latest and greatest vehicles will have analogue controls as a selling feature. Look, just twist the dial to the right for more heat, turn the radio dial down for less volume, etc. I see all devices working like this some day, the next hot trend in technology. Yeah!

Or, how sucky is the "automatic" climate control system on E53s? Automatic except for turning the AC on when it was 100 degrees inside.