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Digital clocks are nice for telling exactly what time it is, but, unlike an analogue clock, they don't give a spatial representation of time. They don't show where time is coming from or going to. On the other hand, a bitmap representation of a mechanical clock doesn't tell time very accurately if the bitmap is very small. And curves and oblique lines don't look very nice in a small, low-resolution bitmap. So, this is something different: an analogue clock that isn't tied to the design of the mechanical clock, but instead uses the natural properties of bitmaps: straight lines and rectangles.
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Digital clocks are nice for telling exactly what time it is, but, unlike an
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analogue clock, they don't give a spatial representation of time. They don't
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show where time is coming from or going to.
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On the other hand, a bitmap representation of a mechanical clock doesn't tell
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time very accurately if the bitmap is very small. And curves and oblique lines
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don't look very nice in a small, low-resolution bitmap.
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So, this is something different: an analogue clock that isn't tied to the
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design of the mechanical clock, but instead uses the natural properties of
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bitmaps: straight lines and rectangles.
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