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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
From: PaulJK on 23 Feb 2010 02:19 Brian M. Scott wrote: > R H Draney wrote: > > [...] > >> If you want a crank, find the person who came up with >> Daylight Saving Time.... > >> Then find his successor who decided that DST should apply >> for more of the year than "Standard" time....r > > I like DST; my only objection is that we don't have it all > year round. I would prefer if every 24 hour day was made longer by one hour, i.e. 25 hours long. I know it would cause some strife for many people but I for one and people like me wouldn't have to suffer the pain of advancing my slow circadian rhythm clock by an hour every morning. pjk
From: PaulJK on 23 Feb 2010 02:49
Brian M. Scott wrote: > 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. But how is DST helping kids not to go to school in the dark? We invented DST to set clocks back one hour in summer because in summer it's bright earlier. In summer kids go to school an hour earlier but in winter they go to school at the time they always used to go. pjk > I hadn't noticed that DST would make much difference to that > in many of the places that I've lived. > > Brian |