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From: Peter T. Daniels on 22 Feb 2010 23:34 On Feb 22, 5:44 pm, "CDB" <bellema...(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: > Paul Cardinale wrote: > > > Are you capable of writing anything that doesn't demonstrate > > asounding ignorance and arrogance? > > Could you be more specific? Perhaps with a hint as to whom you were addressing?
From: Evan Kirshenbaum on 22 Feb 2010 23:45 Andrew Usher <k_over_hbarc(a)yahoo.com> writes: > Peter Moylan wrote: >> Andrew Usher wrote: >> >> > I chose the Christian holidays because they are international, >> >> ??? > > They're more so than any other holidays, are they not? I suspect that you could find people celebrating Pesach, Purim, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur in as many countries as any four Christian holidays. -- Evan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |A handgun is like a Lawyer. You 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |don't want it lying around where Palo Alto, CA 94304 |the children might be exposed to |it, but when you need one, you need kirshenbaum(a)hpl.hp.com |it RIGHT NOW, and nothing else will (650)857-7572 |do. | Bill McNutt http://www.kirshenbaum.net/
From: Evan Kirshenbaum on 22 Feb 2010 23:48 "CDB" <bellemarec(a)sympatico.ca> writes: > AM Klein: >> > "The advantages of living with two cultures > Strike one at every turn, > Especially when one finds a notice in an office building > 'This elevator will not run on Ascension Day'; Presumably, it takes one trip and gets stuck at the top. -- Evan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 | is chaunge Palo Alto, CA 94304 |Withinne a thousand yer, and wordes | tho kirshenbaum(a)hpl.hp.com |That hadden prys now wonder nyce and (650)857-7572 | straunge |Us thenketh hem, and yet they spake http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ | hem so | Chaucer
From: Brian M. Scott on 23 Feb 2010 00:52 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:32:03 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in <news:ad442cf6-ce22-4ffe-b05b-786b865fb3fc(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> in sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > On Feb 22, 10:55�pm, "Brian M. Scott" > <b.sc...(a)csuohio.edu> wrote: [...] >> I can't imagine why you think that I'd change my mind. �As >> far as I'm concerned, DST has no disadvantages at any time >> of year in any climate at any latitude. �In winter at higher >> latitudes its advantages are minimal, but it still has no >> disadvantages. �I couldn't care less how dark it is in the >> morning; it's in the afternoon and evening that I want the >> benefit of as much daylight as possible. > The point is that the kiddies shouldn't go off to school > in the dark. I hadn't noticed that DST would make much difference to that in many of the places that I've lived. Brian
From: R H Draney on 23 Feb 2010 01:54
Brian M. Scott filted: > >On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:32:03 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" ><grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in ><news:ad442cf6-ce22-4ffe-b05b-786b865fb3fc(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> >in >sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > >> The point is that the kiddies shouldn't go off to school >> in the dark. > >I hadn't noticed that DST would make much difference to that >in many of the places that I've lived. It did back in the 70s, where I lived when they decided to experiment with year-round DST....r -- "Oy! A cat made of lead cannot fly." - Mark Brader declaims a basic scientific principle |