On 2010-02-17, Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday 15 February 2010 08:58:03 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> He was wrong, understandably. He should not have included all
> white men in that set. Outside USA we have no illusions of
> saving time by adjusting our clocks.
Let's be fair about it. Here in the US, we don't have the
illusion of saving _time_. We have the illusion of saving
_energy_.
And just think of all of the geeks it employs everytime
somebody in DC thinks it's a good idea to futz with the
settings. I personally know of somebody who spent a couple
weeks developing, testing, committing, and pushing out a patch
for a commercial Unix whose name I won't mention.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Is it NOUVELLE
at CUISINE when 3 olives are
visi.com struggling with a scallop
in a plate of SAUCE MORNAY?
