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Binary Watch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-story-to-use-the-word-ostfriesen dept.

sovereignclass writes: "IDG in Sweden ran a little story about a firm in Norway that has built a binary wrist watch. It look way cool and I am definitely in line for getting one myself. With a price-tag of 250 norwegian kronor it's not a tough buy either. Yes, it shows time in decimal too... In Sweden we often poke fun at the Norwegians (like the Germans do to the Ostfriesen) and this almost sounds too good to be true."

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  1. Actually... by quigonn · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...the people from Denmark and Norway take the Swedes on a ride all the time (at least some Danish boyscouts told me).

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    A monkey is doing the real work for me.
  2. Too good to be true..? by ChrisX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, if you're not Swedish."

    The Swedes are well known to believe anything you say to them. It is a well known fact both in Denmark and Norway.

    ChrisX