>The linksys phones annoy me because they cannot implement southern
>hemisphere DST properly. 

I was shocked the first time I had to write firmware for an international 
project.  Not only is there the southern hemisphere issue of opposite seasons, 
but just about anyone in the world with a legislative body has to prove their 
independence from everyone else by defining the dates a bit differently (not to 
mention time zones that differ by 15 or 30 minutes).  Then the US came along 
and changed their rules after a million products already had them hard coded in 
silicon!  It's a mess.  

I just wish we'd all forget about it entirely.  Its a way to force people who 
don't like to get up early to do so anyway.  A number of studies have been done 
on the increase in accidents and reduced worker productivity for a week or two 
after a change.  The recent US change was supposed to save energy, but I 
suspect if one did a study, they would find that businesses just extended their 
hours to accommodate a diversity of people, thus increasing their energy 
consumption!

Wilton
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