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...why?
2005-08-10, 9:22 AM #1
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/08/08/daylight.saving.ap/index.html

What good does that do anyone?
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2005-08-10, 9:32 AM #2
It saves energy
2005-08-10, 9:38 AM #3
I dont see the point of daylight saving time at all.
2005-08-10, 9:40 AM #4
IT WILL BE LIKE Y2k ALL OVER AGAIN!

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2005-08-10, 9:55 AM #5
Am I the only one who thinks Congress should not be so powerful that they control TIME ITSELF?
2005-08-10, 9:58 AM #6
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2005-08-10, 10:04 AM #7
Originally posted by Berlick:
I dont see the point of daylight saving time at all.


http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html

Educate yourself.
2005-08-10, 10:27 AM #8
I'm just waiting for a futurepost here... :]

And oh nos, heaven help us, my TV shows won't record on time! I might miss Will and Grace while I'm out jazzercising! ... seriously, wtf
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2005-08-10, 10:48 AM #9
I'd much rather have the extra light in the evening, when I'm not at school/working.
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2005-08-10, 10:52 AM #10
Originally posted by Demon_Nightmare:
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html

Educate yourself.


I read it and I again I say "whats the point?"

Why not just set the clocks to one time everybody can agree on and LEAVE them on that (before anybody twists my words I am not on about every country using the same "timezone" or the clock stuck on one time all day :P :D ;) )
2005-08-10, 10:52 AM #11
Where are we going to get the 1.21 Jiggiwatts necessary to make this change?

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2005-08-10, 11:05 AM #12
Do they really think it'd be that much of a hassle?

A simple update for windows could likely change the date (and/or) time that it has to change... a lot of software relies on the system time anyway, so if it changes, I'm sure it'd change pretty easily along with it.

A number of phones these days get their date and time from the main servers for the carrier.

And for any device that doesn't... would it really be that much different to change it yourself now? Not everything changes on it's own now, it would just take a little extra work to get everything changed as necessary again.

We're lazy these days aren't we? Not that I'm not saying I'm not, because i most definitely am, but changing the time manually on some of my appliances or what-have-you wouldn't be much of an inconvenience, if any at all.
2005-08-10, 11:34 AM #13
Quote:
"Missiles won't be launching but it's still going to cause a lot of hassle," he said. Risks grow when "things advance to the point where you expect things to happen automatically and you expect it to be correct."


*sigh*
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2005-08-10, 12:00 PM #14
My only real concern is that we'll be out-of-sync with the rest of the world for 4 weeks out of the year.
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2005-08-10, 12:25 PM #15
We're already out of sync with the rest of the world in several ways. :p
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2005-08-10, 12:56 PM #16
Originally posted by Wolfy:
My only real concern is that we'll be out-of-sync with the rest of the world for 4 weeks out of the year.


Daylight savings changes are different in Europe and the US already. I don't know about the rest of the world.
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2005-08-10, 1:26 PM #17
Originally posted by Jedigreedo:
We're already out of sync with the rest of the world in several ways. :p



haha
2005-08-10, 6:31 PM #18
Sucks for traders/bankers in Canada, because they have to stay at work an hour longer every single day because the American market would close an hour later than usual to them.
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