At 00:50 17-02-02 +0000, you wrote: >Jeroen bigbrothered: > > > >I cannot tell if people can really post in their sleep. However, Eudora > >lists the local time at which a message was sent, and I *have* noticed that > >some people post at a time when most other people are asleep. For example, > >on February 14th, Alberto posted a message that according to Eudora was > >sent at 02:07 hours (his timezone). > > >If you plot the days when I post after 02:00 (my timezone) you will >know when my wife is at the Hospital. BTW, my computer uses GMT, >so this was probably 00:27 in the DST br timezone. > >[this message was written at 22:49 local] > >Alberto Monteiro
*My* excuse for posting at all hours of the night (local = GMT - 6h) is simply that I was by nature a "night person" long before I found a paying job where it comes in handy. (Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the discoverer of the first pulsar, says that she went into *radio* astronomy because, though she wanted to be an astronomer, she didn't want to stay up all night.) -- Ronn! :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Standard Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions stated herein are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent the official position of the University of Montevallo. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
