Re: Our (US) $s at work.

From: taharka (res00vl8_at_alltel.net)
Date: 07/31/05

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    Now I have a question,
    Jeff Vian wrote:

    >On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 09:49 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
    >
    >
    >>On Sunday 31 July 2005 01:23, jdow wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Regardless of all points taken in this discussion think a moment of
    >>>the humor of the whole thing, please. The repair for Linux is one
    >>>file that is not even an executable. For my case it's the usr share
    >>>file: "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles"
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>And how would one go about fixing it?, mine
    >>(/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York) seems to be some compressed
    >>format.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >This does not need fixing. When/if the date/time of the change between
    >standard and daylight times changes, your timezone file (New York | Los
    >Angeles | whatever) gets replaced/updated and it automagically happens
    >at the proper time.
    >
    >That file as you both have listed tells the system when to switch times.
    >There are many of those files on your system, one for each official time
    >zone area around the world.
    >
    >
    >
    My file reads, "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Kentucky". Now, there are
    two selections in that directory, Louisville & Monticello. I have
    selected Louisville for my time zone. Suppose I wanted to make a copy of
    the Louisville file, modify it to suite my taste (bear in mind, the
    previous poster pointed out, the file "seems to be some compressed
    format") & save the file as Lexington (which is where I am actually
    located) in the /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Kentucky directory. How do I
    modify the compressed file? Or, do simply copy the Louisville file &
    rename it to Lexington?

    >>>Now think of what this will probably mean for all the "high powered"
    >>>Windows 2003 servers out there that the "smart IT managers"
    >>>
    >>>
    >>As we both know, 'smart' doesn't always equal intelligent...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>have
    >>>installed on their huge server farms. I bet it requires them all to
    >>>be rebooted for this one wee tiny fix. I just gotta snort with
    >>>laughter.
    >>>
    >>>(And for what it is worth - why not simply adopt DST all year long?
    >>>And of course, the way to do that is leave noon for a time zone
    >>>with the Sun within a half hour of the zenith position and let the
    >>>schools or work places shift their start times and stop times. But,
    >>>that's too logical.)
    >>>
    >>>
    >>Apply logic? To a basicly human condition problem? That would be
    >>totally out of character for TPTB. I'd fall over from shock if that
    >>ever happened with enough regularity to get used to it.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>{^_-}
    >>>----- Original Message -----
    >>>From: "Callahan, Michael" <MichaelCallahan@templeinland.com>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>Michael Callahan? I'll have a God's Blessing, please. :-)
    >>
    >>[...]
    >>
    >>--
    >>Cheers, Gene
    >>"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
    >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
    >>-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
    >>99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
    >>Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
    >>message by Gene Heskett are:
    >>Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >
    taharka

    Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A. 

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