But DST is surely mandated by the government and could be undone by the government. Why they even shifted when it occurs by a couple of weeks recently. Well in 2005, by that royalist Bush and his congress. Looks like these guys actually do have the power to change things.
http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/daylight_saving_time_extended.shtml --joshua On Mar 19, 2013, at 11:07 AM, "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Owen: > > The thing that keeps puzzling me about your appeals here is the hidden > assumption (I think I detect) that there is Somebody In Charge. It’s the > parasitic ant model. There’s a species of ant that makes its living by its > fertilized “queens” putting on perfumes and waving their little antenna until > workers of another species pick them up and carry them to their queen, where > upon the parasitic queen jumps on the back of the true queen, bites her in > the back of the neck to terminate her egg laying, and then lays eggs which > are cared for and raised by the parasitized ants. Faculty members at > universities are particularly prone to the Parasitic Ant Fallacy. They think > that if they just go and complain to the President, The World Will Change. > It’s a harmless fantasy in its place, except that it leads to disparagement > of the people who are actually trying to make change, and getting muck all > over themselves in the process. Viz Obama. In short, I suspect you of being > a closet royalist. So there! > > Nick > > > > From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:35 AM > To: [email protected]; 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 > > Sorry to bump, but now *another* DST fkup: Europe does not change DST when > the US does. > > So today our skype Italian class was shifted, and both Dede and I had to > cancel scheduled events. > > If we have to live with time changes, we should at least try to make it > global, we're a pretty global community now and I bet others got hit by > US/Euro/Worldwide differences. > > -- 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
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