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| [{{ :wiki:timewatch_logo.png?nolink&200|Timewatch logo}}] | [{{ :wiki:timewatch_logo.png?nolink&200|Timewatch logo}}] | ||
| - | **Timewatch** is a technology company that designs futuristic devices, some of which work. They are mostly known for their reProphet product, a communication gadget capable of predicting how another person would react to a statement, and a series of pads that can display geeky looking readouts at will. | + | **Timewatch** is a fictional technology company that designs futuristic devices, some of which work. They are mostly known for their reProphet product, a communication gadget capable of predicting how another person would react to a statement, and a series of pads that can display geeky looking readouts at will. |
| Most Timewatch products have a prefix "re" in their name. | Most Timewatch products have a prefix "re" in their name. | ||
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| Timewatch is one of the most profitable companies in the world and is headed by the controversial [[Bart Hufnagel]]. The company is known to actively resist charity, has publicly announced its disregard for user privacy, and did some other evil things, like shoot ads down with rifles. | Timewatch is one of the most profitable companies in the world and is headed by the controversial [[Bart Hufnagel]]. The company is known to actively resist charity, has publicly announced its disregard for user privacy, and did some other evil things, like shoot ads down with rifles. | ||
| - | The company is publicly traded, and in 2017 has issued an ICO with their anti-crypto currency ScrewCoin. As of today, the market cap of ScrewCoin is 270 billion dollars. If you believe Timewatch accountants, that is. | + | The company is publicly traded, and in 2017 has issued an ICO with their anti-crypto currency [[ScrewCoin]]. As of today, the market cap of ScrewCoin is 270 billion dollars. Or just 270 dollars... Experts disagree on this one. |
| ===== Products ===== | ===== Products ===== | ||
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| ==== reWheel ==== | ==== reWheel ==== | ||
| - | [{{ :wiki:timewatch_wheel.png?nolink&200|reWheel}}] | + | [{{ :wiki:timewatch_wheel.png?nolink&200|reWheel with a ring}}] |
| **reWheel** is a Timewatch product, marketed under the slogan //"Humanity has reinvented the wheel"//. It is a chrome coated metal wheel with a diameter of 50 cm. A separate slightly larger ring is also included in the package. The purpose of reWheel has always been somewhat vague. | **reWheel** is a Timewatch product, marketed under the slogan //"Humanity has reinvented the wheel"//. It is a chrome coated metal wheel with a diameter of 50 cm. A separate slightly larger ring is also included in the package. The purpose of reWheel has always been somewhat vague. | ||
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| **reVerse** is an electronic pad that generates poems. It has been widely used to generate poems. Some use it for poem generation only, while others employ it to generate poems. The company claims that its initial purpose was to generate poems. | **reVerse** is an electronic pad that generates poems. It has been widely used to generate poems. Some use it for poem generation only, while others employ it to generate poems. The company claims that its initial purpose was to generate poems. | ||
| - | The demo poem is a now famous computer generated work titled "Lazy Afternoon": | + | The demo poem is the now famous computer generated work titled "Lazy Afternoon": |
| >Frog was sitting on it's bottom, | >Frog was sitting on it's bottom, | ||
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| >Being here in lazy mood. | >Being here in lazy mood. | ||
| - | Another poem is called "Baron" and usually appears when the battery is low: | + | Another poem is called "Baron", and usually appears when the battery level is low: |
| >There was something in the air, | >There was something in the air, | ||
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| [{{ :wiki:timewatch_regeek.png?nolink&200|A seventeenth generation reGeek pad}}] | [{{ :wiki:timewatch_regeek.png?nolink&200|A seventeenth generation reGeek pad}}] | ||
| - | **reGeek** is an electronic pad that generates geeky looking readouts and graphs. They are typically meaningless, although at times some data might turn out to be relevant, purely by chance. reGeek is often used by pseudoscientists to prove that shit that doesn't work works. | + | **reGeek** is an electronic pad that generates geeky looking readouts and graphs. They are typically meaningless, although at times some data might turn out to be relevant, purely by chance. reGeek is often used by pseudoscientists to prove that nonworking shit works. |
| - | reGeek was also famously used in Star Trek, although Star Trek production crew denies this. Timewatch representatives deny that Star Trek production crews deny this, but a former press release from Timewatch denies that they do actually deny this. | + | reGeek was also famously used in Star Trek, although Star Trek production crew denies this. Timewatch representatives deny that Star Trek production crews deny this, but a later press release from Timewatch denies that as well. |
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