Re: Did anybody ever patch GS/OS's auto daylight savings?

[alawther@spammenot.mac.com (Anthony Lawther)]

David Schmenk <dschmenk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Charlie wrote:
> > "Payton Byrd" <payton@paytonnospambyrd.com> wrote in message 
> > news:cqnVi.111$%V2.40@newsfe06.lga...
> >> "SlickRCBD" <spamyourself@127.0.0.1> wrote in message 
> >> PdydnYiA1OYftrjanZ2dnUVZ_ournZ2d@comcast.com">news:PdydnYiA1OYftrjanZ2dnUVZ_ournZ2d@comcast.com...
> >>> Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> >>>>> In article <1193556850.316938.249600@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>,
> >>>>> A2Pro <a2@wilserv.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Next year they'll probably
> >>>>>> undo the new dates and go back to the old ones.  Kids waiting in the
> >>>>>> dark for their school bus isn't cool...
> >>>>
> >>>>     Is it worth to patch daylight saving on GS/OS 6.0.1?  It requires to
> >>>> put a lot of information about global time, but it is too limited.
> >>>> Think of --  you are supposed to change your time one hour earlier on
> >>>> October 28 at 2:00AM.  You are disappointed to see darker at Halloween
> >>>> day. However, President Bush signed the Energy bill few years ago.  It
> >>>> is time to change your time by replacing from October 28 to November 4.
> >>>> You will be happy to see little light for one more hour!!
> >>>>
> >>>> Bryan Parkoff
> >>> Yeah, well, the thing that bothers me the most is I have a VCR that
> >>> doesn't appear to have a way to turn the auto daylight savings time off,
> >>> and it's hardcoded at the old date. I don't know of any way to upgrade
> >>> the ROM either.
> >>>
> >>> It makes me wonder, how many other embedded devices were programmed with
> >>> daylight savings time that had been stable for decades, only to be
> >>> screwed up by President Bush. Makes me wonder if the idea was to spur
> >>> economic spending to puchase new devices because the old ones no longer
> >>> keep the correct time thanks to the little change.
> >> My goodness, is it possible to sound any more like a political hack than
> >> this?  Why is it Bush's fault that Congress passed an energy bill the
> >> implemented vital changes that standardized the application of DST across
> >> the country and also results in less energy usage?
> > 
> > I have never heard of a credible study showing less energy usage due to
> > Daylight Savings Time.  There was a study done for the US Government in the
> > 1970s that showed a 1% decrease in the use of electricity during Daylight
> > Savings Time but that was more than offset by the increase in fuels used in
> > vehicles, machinery, etc.
> > 
> > The fact is that nobody knows whether Daylight Savings Time does any good or
> > not.
> > 
> 
> To the contrary, I have completed a very scientific and thorough 
> investigation into DST.  By being born and raised in the small sliver of
> Mid-North Indiana that doesn't adhere to DST, I've concluded that 
> nothing bad ever came from a DST deficiency.  When I moved away after
> college, I had to learn of this strange concept.  Spring forward, fall
> back - or is it the other way?  I still can't remember.  Now I will be
> the last one to call Mid-North Indiana *enlightened*, but I can attest
> that DST is indeed, a waste of time.
> 
> Dave ;-)
> 
> > Charlie
> > 
> > 
Gee fellas,

You're not telling me that Ben Franklin got it wrong are you?

Seriously the state in which I live (Western Australia) is currently
trialling DST (again) and the arguments are flying thick and fast back
and forth. The most important reason as I see it, is my kids now wake up
at about 6:30am instead of 5:30am. An extra hour of sleep is definately
worth the small inconvenience of twiddling the clocks twice a year.

Regards,
Anthony.