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| Thread ID: 83371 | 2007-09-29 07:34:00 | Daylight saving starts tonight | stu161204 (123) | PC World Chat |
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| 596264 | 2007-09-30 11:00:00 | Daylight saving sucks ~ | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 596265 | 2007-09-30 17:31:00 | Nope, NTP has nothing to do with it. You have probably installed the patch without reaising it, or you have an auto-update cronjob.I was going to say no to both, but I thought I should ask in IRC before I did that. I did start updating my system 2~3 days ago, and timezone-data (one package that required an update) had already been patched. I also now know fully the significance of timezone-data and its relevance with NTP (guess I should have asked here with you and Rob). I also know why Debian required a special download whereas most other distros didnt (though they still needed to update timezone-data) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 596266 | 2007-09-30 18:27:00 | We aren't doing it yet...we wait till a more useless time for the change....Benjamin Franklin is a-spinnin' in his grave over it right now. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 596267 | 2007-09-30 21:23:00 | Who would benefit from daylight saving? | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 596268 | 2007-09-30 21:26:00 | Who would benefit from daylight saving? Tourism...maybe?? Thats the only thing I can think of. It really ruins this time of year. I have to get up in the dark now!! :( |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 596269 | 2007-10-01 01:03:00 | I think our change is Nov 4 . . . and it doesn't assist anyone . The old adage that it was for the farmer's benefit is nuts! Cows and chickens don't wear watches nor punch a timeclock . It was really a silly idea by Ben Franklin in the 1780s I think . . reinvoked by the war department to assist with the war effort . . and that's MORE hogwash . It was BY the government alright . . . . but the purpose was more sneaky . If you had rationing of tires, gas, car batteries, you couldn't travel . . and if the day was modified to keep you down on the farm as semi-captive in your own little village, then wartime security was easier to maintain and the chance of "loose lips sinking ships" was less likely when you didn't get to visit other burgs and hamlets . It was just a way to keep the war effort from being told to spies and friends and relatives who might put two and two together and realize that they were ignorant of what the government was really doing . There was no rubber or gasoline shortage . . . other than those generated by the civil authorities . DST was part of the whole package . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 596270 | 2007-10-01 08:02:00 | Our one year old baby here awoke at 6:55am this morning (we normally get up at 7am), I had hoped daylight savings might have meant we could have stayed in bed till 8am, but no the little buggers internal clock must have updated, bah humbug Do you want advice from a pharmacy student (who knows health psychology) on how to change that kind of clock? :p :p :p All good :thumbs: A friend of mine was late for this morning's laboratory session because he wasn't aware of the change! Hopefully no one had any major "disasters". Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 596271 | 2007-10-01 14:37:00 | Do you want advice from a pharmacy student (who knows health psychology) on how to change that kind of clock? :p :p :p All good :thumbs: A friend of mine was late for this morning's laboratory session because he wasn't aware of the change! Hopefully no one had any major "disasters" . Cheers :) One would think that recreational pharmaceuticals in a child would raise a frown on the local authorities . I found a teaspoon of whiskey or Scotch reset their little clocks a lot better and no long term after effects . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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