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PV iTime for Microsoft Smartphone released January 07, 2004 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 1. It looks like one of the most overpriced programs (compared to featues offered): Display Local and Internet Time (@time, atTime, .beat) 
What is "Internet Time"? It is a marketing gig invented by Swiss "swatch" company for the sake of selling more of their products: How long is a Swatch .beat? In short, we have divided up the virtual and real day into 1000 ".beats". One Swatch beat is the equivalent of 1 minute 26.4 seconds. That means that 12 noon in the old time system is the equivalent of @500 Swatch .beats. Okay, so how can a surfer in New York, or a passenger on a transatlantic flight know when it is @500 Swatch .beats in Central Europe for example? How can the New York surfer make a date for a chat with his cyber friend in Rome? Easy, Internet Time is the same all over the world. How is this possible? We are not just creating a new way of measuring time, we are also creating a new meridian in Biel, Switzerland, home of Swatch. Biel MeanTime (BMT) is the universal reference for Internet Time. A day in Internet Time begins at midnight BMT (@000 Swatch .beats) (Central European Wintertime). The meridian is marked for all to see on the façade of the Swatch International Headquarters on Jakob-Staempfli Street, Biel, Switzerland. So, it is the same time all over the world, be it night or day, the era of time zones has disappeared. The BMT meridian was inaugurated on 23 October 1998 in the presence of Nicholas Negroponte, founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology`s Media Laboratory. To buy (price: $5.99, no trial version available) this application click here. Please note: similar application, but freeware, and written in JavaScript embedded in HTML can be found here (you must be logged in to download it; registration is free).  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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