I just plugged in a backup flash drive to my XP machine and ran the usual batch file to XCOPY all newer files in my working folders. First time since DST last Sunday, and it is copying nearly every file because they look an hour newer. Different OS and maybe different file systems treat time stamps differently. Used to have this problem at work between Win and Unix systems on the same network.
I have noticed the last few times around the time change (be it fall or spring) that some of the local stations run polls asking folk's thoughts. The choice seems to be leave it one way or the other.
I have begun to wonder why a third option isn't provided: split the difference and run with it? That might alleviate some of the concerns of simply going with one or the other.....
When I was younger, I didn't care much (any) one way or the other, but as I am getting older and more curmudgeonly, I want everybody to get the H off my lawn and see things from my point of view :{:
It doesn't matter what the clock says, the dairy cows know when to show up to get milked.
We have a cockatoo that just does not care what official time is as well ...
I wanted to post that you were a saint to complain, when I wondered where that saying came from. I searched the internet and never really got anywhere.
There were considerable quotes on the futility and counterproductivity of complaining so I just gave up.
I'd noticed that the sun wasn't necessarily participating in this ridiculous construct of ours. This DST really doesn't sound like much of an idea if you can't get the sun on the same page.
Did you really think we were gonna' quit barbecuing because it was getting dark ???
R.J. Schneider, post: 363332, member: 409 wrote: "The barbeque grill and charcoal industries say they gain $200 million in sales with an extra month of daylight savingÛÓand they were among the biggest lobbies in favor of extending DST from six to seven months in 1986,"
Did you really think we were gonna' quit barbecuing because it was getting dark ???
I remember hearing talk of how much electricity was being saved due to the sun being up "later". I think that one thing "they" neglected to take into account was use of A/C during the summer months. For some reason, I think A/C uses more electricity than light bulbs, and I have to use more of it when the sun and heat "stay up" later.....
I had a hard time with the time servers when daylight savings changed. Some were Not updated properly, some where.
I Use a tool called LuckyBackup, it is set to automatically backup almost everything, most local but a lot in various "cloud" locations. I was quite concerned of massive problems, but I had none that I can detect.
LuckyBackup is a Linux app, but it has been ported to Windows also, but I have not investigated or tried it in Windows.
I suggest you review this http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/ and follow the link to Windows Port.
Somebody believes that the youngest school children should always wait for the school bus on the side of the road in the dark.
I propose:
Everybody sets their clock to 7:00 AM at sun rise, EVERYDAY!
:sun:
RFB, post: 363415, member: 142 wrote: I propose:
Everybody sets their clock to 7:00 AM at sun rise, EVERYDAY!
:sun:
4:20 would be more logical
The use of a single, standard, 24-hour, worldwide clock would be just fine. I don't care if your business is open from 0800-1700 or 1900-0400 or whatever. But if I know what your hours are, I know if you're open or not, no matter where in the world I am!
RFB, post: 363415, member: 142 wrote: I propose:
Everybody sets their clock to 7:00 AM at sun rise, EVERYDAY!
That would be worse than what was known as Railroad Time, where they used mean local noon as the reference. The confusion of needing to reset your watch at every stop was the incentive for 1-hour time zones.
Correction: Railroad Time was the replacement for local time.
skwyd, post: 363527, member: 6874 wrote: The use of a single, standard, 24-hour, worldwide clock would be just fine. I don't care if your business is open from 0800-1700 or 1900-0400 or whatever. But if I know what your hours are, I know if you're open or not, no matter where in the world I am!
It's called Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) - many just refuse to use it...
Jim in AZ, post: 363536, member: 249 wrote: It's called Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) - many just refuse to use it...
Yes, that is one application of it. It doesn't have to be centered on Greenwich, though.
I think that the problem is that too many people think that lunch has to happen around noon.
skwyd, post: 363545, member: 6874 wrote: Yes, that is one application of it. It doesn't have to be centered on Greenwich, though.
I think that the problem is that too many people think that lunch has to happen around noon.
For me, sometimes the best breakfast is in the evening sometime..... why let convention restrict oneself?
John, post: 363548, member: 791 wrote: For me, sometimes the best breakfast is in the evening sometime..... why let convention restrict oneself?
Yep. I worked for a while at a job with rotating shifts. We worked 12 hour day shifts (5:30AM-6:00PM) for 2 weeks, then flipped to 12 hour night shifts (5:30PM-6:00AM) for two weeks. Whenever we were on night shift, you'd get the people who wouldn't eat anything at their lunch break claiming that "it isn't lunch time". And some of these people had worked this job for well over a decade, so it isn't like they hadn't had a chance to grow accustomed to it. It always boggled me because around the middle of my day, I want to eat!
