Recreating a Mysterious, 2,100-Year-Old Clock 209
fergus07 writes "Swiss watchmaker Hublot has created a scaled-down working replica of the ancient Antikythera mechanism. The question is — why on Earth would you want to strap one of these to your wrist? It barely tells the time, and it can't take pictures, tweet or connect to your Facebook. In fact, very few people would have the faintest idea what it is, or why you'd want one at all. But for those that do recognize its intricate gears and dials, this tiny, complex piece of machinery tells a vivid and incredible tale of gigantic scientific upheaval, of adventure and shipwreck on the high seas, of war and death."
I love the bit of snark in the article (Score:5, Funny)
It's funny because its true.
Re:Amazing (Score:4, Funny)
They invented this watch, unfortunately they patented it and drove all competitors out of business before collapsing themselves ;-)
Thankfully, 2,100 years later their patents and copyrights have expired, so we can open-source it.
Assuming, of course, Hublot hasn't patented it themselves.
Why on Earth would you want to strap one of these (Score:4, Funny)
to your wrist?
It's obvious! So that you're ready for when the evil Kythera Mechanism shows up!
Re:Amazing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You can't have one (Score:5, Funny)
What are you? Part of the 99%?
Re:*eyeroll* (Score:5, Funny)
My solution is just to loudly yell every action as I take it.
Re:Obligatory meme butcher (Score:5, Funny)
The ad I see at the top of the page is for Fossil watches. ;-)
Mother******* Adsense spots, how do they work?
Actually, they use a complicated system of 84 gears ...
Re:Who cares if it... (Score:4, Funny)
And since time flies, his sentence makes perfect sense.
You know, I always had trouble with the phrase "time flies when you're having fun". If I'm having fun, why would I want to time flies?
Re:vanity (Score:3, Funny)
wait until they invented the telegraph?
i had to wait until horses evolved!