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05-07-2009 08:14PM

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The bit in the red .. the @882

What is it all about? Am I missing something blatently obvious?

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#2 05-07-2009 08:18PM

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It's counting down the number of seconds you have to live....
That or it splits the day up into 1000 somethings, and counts them, so once it hits midnight it returns back to 0

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#3 05-07-2009 08:19PM

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So it's all about chocolate chip cookies?

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#4 05-07-2009 08:48PM

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Alanstrainor wrote: »

That or it splits the day up into 1000 somethings, and counts them, so once it hits midnight it returns back to 0

Yeah, 1000 beats per day. 1 beat is 1 minute 26.4 seconds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time

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#5 05-07-2009 08:51PM

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Makes more sense now ... I thought by the first response it was time to live on cookies or something .. clearly I'm off my rocker.

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Next question: Why do we need it there bothering the good folk like me?

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