Re: Our (US) $s at work.

From: Temlakos (temlakos_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/30/05

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    taharka wrote:
    > Sam Varshavchik wrote:
    >
    >> Two years from now, folks running older versions of RH or FC for which
    >> no glibc update was issued will have their clocks stop showing correct
    >> time for most of the year.
    >>
    >> That's because Washington has screwed around with Daylight Savings
    >> Time, again. They don't have anything better to do inside the Beltway,
    >> apparently.
    >>
    >> I always thought that daylight time was a joke. It's totally stupid,
    >> and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I am aware of the official
    >> excuse for daylight time, but I still think it's stupid, it's dumb,
    >> and idiotic. If anyone is really serious about saving energy, they
    >> should simply change the timezone permanently.
    >>
    >> Starting in 2007, the so-called "standard time" will actually be in
    >> effect for less than half a year. Standard time won't really be the
    >> standard most of the time. Isn't it amazing? The US is now the
    >> laughing stock of the entire world. You can almost see everyone point
    >> their fingers across the Atlantic: “Those dumb yanks, they can't even
    >> make up their mind what time of day it is, most of the time!”
    >>
    >>
    > Hmm.... laughing stock of the entire world but, longer lines of folks
    > breaking their necks to get into this country legally or illegally ;-)
    > Coming to the very country they're laughing at :-))
    >
    > taharka
    >
    > Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
    >
    >

    Besides which, I /hope/ no one is trying to suggest that the USA is the
    only nation in the world that keeps different times in the summer and
    winter.

    Temlakos 

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