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Re: No more Standard Time until fall.
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 03-10-2014 - 19:19
I've never understood all this haranguing and caterwauling about standard time vs daylight savings because "standard time" is a completely arbitrary set of numbers to measure the daily cycle to begin with, a set of numbers man has imposed on Nature (man putting himself above Nature -God- pi**es off the fundamentalist types no end, particularly the Islamic variety).
What makes one set of numbers more essential and "better" than another? Nothing. It's like the difference between the British System (feet, pounds etc.) and the French (metric). Both are a system of weights and measures. As long as you stick to one or the other, and not mix them, you will come up with the same set of physical constants in the universe.
According to wikipedia, daylight savings time was first proposed by a Kiwi (New Zealander) in 1895, and not, as most people assume, during WWI or WWII.
What makes one set of numbers more essential and "better" than another? Nothing. It's like the difference between the British System (feet, pounds etc.) and the French (metric). Both are a system of weights and measures. As long as you stick to one or the other, and not mix them, you will come up with the same set of physical constants in the universe.
According to wikipedia, daylight savings time was first proposed by a Kiwi (New Zealander) in 1895, and not, as most people assume, during WWI or WWII.
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Glen Brewer | 03-08-2014 - 11:12 |
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BOB2 | 03-08-2014 - 12:37 |
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OldPoleBurner | 03-08-2014 - 18:18 |
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George Andrews | 03-10-2014 - 15:28 |
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Dr Zarkoff | 03-10-2014 - 19:19 |
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BOB2 | 03-11-2014 - 07:59 |