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Clearly everybody should use Swatch Internet Time, also known as “.beat”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swat
by pavlov 1y ago
Clearly everybody should use Swatch Internet Time, also known as “.beat”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
Nothing is more rad than checking the dot-beat on my translucent plastic watch while waiting for dial-up to connect so I can update my ICQ status to let my global friends know I’m listening to “Barbie Girl” from a 128k MP3 in WinAMP. Pre-emptive multitasking baby.
- Animats 1y agoCould be worse. Mecca has the world's biggest clock dial.[1] Originally, it was to be set to solar time at Mecca, but that was just too confusing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_Towers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_Towers
- hnbear 1y agoWell that took me back. For some reason no friends or family took me seriously when I brought it up at the time.
- myself248 1y agoI like to think .beats might've caught on, if they were UTC-based instead of UTC+1, because Swatch is headquartered in Switzerland, and I think that little offset made it obviously tongue-in-cheek.
- halper 1y agoSince ICQ shut down, I have stayed in the right mood by using the uh-oh sound as my phone message alert for high-priority people.