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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. This looks like a joke... by seldolivaw · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The product shots are CG renders! I doubt this product really exists...

  2. When can I buy one? by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 4, Funny

    This would be fun, I hear they mgiht be sale in the US on 0110101101110000101110101, 01101101301EST.

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    1. Re:When can I buy one? by onion2k · · Score: 5, Funny

      0110101101110000101110101, 01101101301EST

      Now, I don't want to be picky or anything.. but.. well.. you do know about binary don't you?

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  3. Nitpick by ez76 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yes, it shows time in decimal too...
    HH:MM:SS time is actually called "sexagesimal."
  4. Forget the binary one - check out the infrared one by Brento · · Score: 4, Funny

    It says:
    This page is under construction
    In a few days we will present a complete new type of watch.
    This watch will communicate with other similar watches and send virus to each other.

    Wow, nothing like truth in marketing, I guess.

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  5. first analog, now this by Mr.+Quick · · Score: 4, Funny

    it already takes me a long time to figure out an analog watch... now this...

  6. Stupid Idea by ksw2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    How gay, a watch that takes you five times as long to read, just so you can show your buddies how 1337 you are.

    "Excuse me sir, do you have the time?"

    "Yes, it's... uhhh... 12.. no, 14! I mean, er, do you have a pencil?"

    "Uh, never mind. Thanks anyway, you fucking dork."

    Now if they had a hex watch, THAT would be cool... :->

  7. US Dollar Conversion by JabberWokky · · Score: 4, Informative
    Quite cool. It's now on my christmas wish list. For those in the US or who are conversant with US$ exchange for their local currency, they are US$ 27.92. Not bad.

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  8. Nice, but what I realy want is a fuzzy watch. by HuskyDog · · Score: 5, Interesting
    On KDE there is a thing called "fuzzy clock" which tells you the time in words to an accuracy of 5 minutes (mine currently says "Ten past one").

    Does anyone know of a watch that does this?

  9. Level of fuzziness by OblongPlatypus · · Score: 4, Funny

    My clock is fuzzier than yours... right now the time is "End of week".

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  10. It's real, but not as cool looking as the renders. by mtm · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can find a real shot here.

    Plain 'ol LCD stuff. Still pretty cool for the price though.

  11. Wrong Time by devnullkac · · Score: 4, Funny

    The displays on the models shown are all showing:

    10111
    111011
    110010

    But every watch marketer knows that you should be showing:

    01010
    001010
    000000

    which is 10:10 AM. Apparently it's recommended for digital watches as well, so I don't see why they shouldn't use it for binary watches.

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  12. Great Virus Game!!! by squaretorus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is cool. Sending virii to each others watches! It'd work like this:

    I set up my virus to give the message 'all your squares are belong to torus' and walk about with my watch blasting that out in IR. Any other watch I pass gets infected with the virus!

    Then everytime a watch links to a base unit it puts all its messages (along with where they are geographically) into a website.

    I can call up 'all your squares are belong to torus' and see how far its spread.

    I walk past someone on a street in London who flies off to Tokyo and goes dancing allnight - soon most of Japan is infected with 'all your squares are belong to torus'. How cool a game is that! I'd play!

    The best locations to get your virus to would be Antrctica and the ISS I'd have thought. Oh, and Manchester.