I doubt this is still true but when I was younger the maps showed that Saudi Arabia was on solar time, i.e. the time depended on where you were standing.
Ed __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) [email protected] 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel On Mar 15, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > Yes he can actually he can abolish the time shift- and it looks like most of > the rest of the world gets along just fine w/o one. > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Nicholas Thompson > <[email protected]> wrote: > So Owen. You want your school aged grandchildren children standing out by > the mail box in the pitch dark of the night (January, 6am, DST) in rush hour > traffic? > > > > Why does it not work for you just to get up when you feel like and let us > lemmings shift back to standard time when we feel like it? > > > > And why would one petition the white house? As if it’s Obama who changes the > clocks? As Pogo famously said, “We have seen the enemy and they is we.” > > > > Sorry to be so cranky. I am feeling very Douggish today. Must be the time > change. > > > > Nick > > > > Nick > > > > From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:39 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Please sign this thing! Eliminate the > bi-annual time change caused by Daylight Savings Time > > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Joshua Thorp <[email protected]> wrote: > > But is the time change even needed? What purpose does it really serve? > There are lots of stories about it rooted in wartime/economy etc. But these > things do not seem to be valid anymore. And are they worth the collective > cost? > > I have to say I prefer light later in the day though. > > > > Agreed. I do like the petition's approach: simply no time shifting during > the year. Whether it stays DST all year long (my preference) or "standard > time" is to be decided. > > > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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