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    A system of time keeping that divides the day not into hours or minutes, but 1000 equally-timed parts called ".beats".

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    #1  Edited By Windmills

    I wish that Swatch Internet Time wasn't so downplayed these days, because I really want to buy a one handed watch or clock that measures time in .beats. Anyone else agree?

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    #2  Edited By Video_Game_King

    ...You mean there are two-handed watches?

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    #3  Edited By MooseyMcMan

    I have been using a watch that has no hands for years.

    It's called a digital watch.

    Also, Swatch Internet Time is THE WORST. THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD!

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    #4  Edited By Darson
    @Video_Game_King said:

    ...You mean there are two-handed watches?

    Zing.
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    #5  Edited By rollingzeppelin

    I like the idea except that every single engineering constant that involves time, which is a shit load, would have to be converted. For example, gravity which is 9.81 m/s^2 (32.2 ft/s^2) would be 73283 m/.beat^2 (240540ft/.beat^2).

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    This site gets my time zone wrong all the... time... (it says in the upcoming that Unprofessional Friday will be at 7am when it should be 3pm) so adding the "/?swatch=thebest" at the end of giantbomb.com is handy for me. It doesn't seem to work with the new site redesign, but it only just launched.

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