How great is this:
A company named Talus has invented a watch that won't tell you the time, but it will give you a basic idea. For instance:
1:11 = Going on 1 Fifteen
2:57 = Just shy of 3
4:39 - Pushing quarter of 4
6:58 = Around 7 o'clock
Boing Boing's gurus say that being this vague and imprecise is quite the technological achievement. The watch operates on some sort of computer logic that was "impossible a decade ago."
We, on the other hand, have been vague and imprecise for well over a decade. Does this mean that we're ahead of our time?
Cool!!! If you want to see where they got the logic for that just watch the state of the union address this week (did Dubwa invent this?). Maybe banks can start reporting your balance that way. I can see it now, your bank statement says "Don't plan on eating out this week."
Posted by: casarojo | January 30, 2006 at 08:33 AM
i would love a bank statement like that!
and maybe someone should build a speedometer that says: try and beat that light" or "remember, there might be a cop around the next curve."
Posted by: scribblista | January 30, 2006 at 09:19 AM
Hah!!! Pretty good. I think that would be great. Of course it has to be tuned to the personality. Maybe the trash talking ATM machine.
Posted by: casarojo | January 30, 2006 at 11:34 AM
An ATM would be hilarious... except for mine, which would keep saying: "Fuggetaboudit" or "As if!"
Posted by: scribblista | January 30, 2006 at 01:21 PM
Hell, i've been giving indecisive answers just shy of a quarter of a century.
Posted by: Greg | January 31, 2006 at 02:49 PM