On Tue, March 6, 2007 3:06 pm, John Oliver wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:42:23AM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: >> Then again, I hate the whole idea of timezones to begin with. > > Until someone figures out how to stretch the Earth out like a Mercator > projection, we're stuck with 'em :-) >
Perhaps he meant daylight savings time which is certainly debatable. On one level, it's a convenience and gives us more magic hours of fun in the summer. On the other, it's as silly as setting your watch 10 min fast so you'll never be late. But when I lived in Minnesota, it made a _real_ difference in the morning, and I'm concerned for pedestrians in those March mornings, especially the kids going to school. Minnesota kids. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
