Good Afternoon Listers (-5 GMT), Though my personal preference is GMT (I guess that hints a bit at my age) and I use ZULU time when required in piloting an aircraft, GMT, UT, UTC and ZULU time all work fine for me. As a sidebar, I , like many others around the world, have found that what really annoys me (no, make that *really, really offends* me) is reading at each and every Windows installation, re-installtion or upgrade that Microsoft has deemed the location of its' corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washngton (-8 GMT, UT, UTC, ZULU) as the defacto center of the wired and commercial world. Such narrow-minded arrogance. In any case, when one day the existence of extraterrestrial sentient intelligence is confirmed (a day I believe many SETI@home participants, myself included, somehow instictively know in our hearts and minds will come) our point-of-reference system will likely be forever redefined. >From the vantage point of an unfathomable, perhaps boundless cosmos teaming with abundant lifeforms and civilizations, Earth's time-limited individuals, institutions and entities (along with their individual and collective egos) will look and be mighty insignificant in the universal scheme of things. I don't know about you, but I know that I'm looking forward to that day and will consider myself fortunate indeed if it comes during my lifetime. Good hunting, one and all. -- Jeffrey Ottie == Unsubscribe instructions: http://www.talkspace.net/mlists/setiathome.html This list sponsored by talkspace.net: building space communities online. Mailing list services provided by klx.communications -- www.klx.com
