I know you all probably won't forget to push your clocks ahead before you go to bed tonight. I'm hoping I log on later tonight and see my own thread as a reminder...LOL...
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Oh you brat, had to remind me! i worked 6 days in a row, tomorrow is my only day off. and I lose an hour of sleep 
JK, thanx for the reminder cus I would have forgot, going to do it right now~
JK, thanx for the reminder cus I would have forgot, going to do it right now~
I hate daylight savings time. Thought I was 15 minutes early for work, ended up being 45 late....
Ahhh, anachronisms.
I managed to get all the crops in fine last year, and now I'll be using less whale-blubber in my lamps. That's a good thing, right?
[shaking head]
Ben Franklin called from the grave to remind us this is 2011...
Heck, around my house, even resetting the clocks in an anachronism. I don't have anything anymore that doesn't take care of itself, except my super-expensive dress watch.
I managed to get all the crops in fine last year, and now I'll be using less whale-blubber in my lamps. That's a good thing, right?
[shaking head]
Ben Franklin called from the grave to remind us this is 2011...
Heck, around my house, even resetting the clocks in an anachronism. I don't have anything anymore that doesn't take care of itself, except my super-expensive dress watch.
Do you live in an empty house with nothing but a computer, cell phone and Thor!
I have to reset the stove, the microwave, the coffee pot, the alarm clocks, the wall clocks and the vehicles. None of those things are connected to a network.
I changed only four clocks and my watch which i just remembered. Have friends that collect clocks, must have at least 60 and they all have to be changed every time.
I agree with Lynn, this time change thang is just not practical in this day and age.
I agree with Lynn, this time change thang is just not practical in this day and age.
If you could only see my house. Errr - good thing you can't.
That said: Not everything has to be connected to a network. It's not like the WWV time signal hasn't been broadcast for, what, 65+ years with a modern accuracy of 1 part in 1013 error from an atomic source?
The stove and microwave listen to that standard time radio signal. The 'fridge is on-net (wifi), and has Fort Collins as its time source too (the same place the radio broadcasts come from).
The windows machines have microsoft as their time source. My unix machines use my servers in the datacenter which have a GPS source, with Fort Collins as a backup. My every-day watch sets its time from the radio source at 3am every night. Television is on-net, as is the DVR, PVR, streaming player, bluray player, Roku, etc. Oh, the LaCrosse weather station sets its time from the WWV signal too.
The analog clock I have in the lab is fun to watch during a time change in the fall, because the motor can't run backwards. It uses the radio signal from WWV and swings the hands really fast through all 23 hours to get back on time.
Any clock listed as an "atomic clock" is getting its time from that radio signal.
Just my Tag Heuer that doesn't set itself these days.
If you're interested: History of Radio Station WWV
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The rumor is that it has to do with energy conservation. Don't ask me where I heard that or why!
It absolutely does. Candles are expensive. So is whale blubber. In order to preserve that energy, you want to juggle the time people rise and sleep.
In the fall you want to have an extra hour for the peasants to bring the crops in. It's worth the extra whale blubber to light the way.
In the fall you want to have an extra hour for the peasants to bring the crops in. It's worth the extra whale blubber to light the way.
Here's Ben's original essay on the idea: Full text - Benjamin Franklin - The Journal of Paris, 1784
And then Willett's take on it that lead to the whole mess: Full text - Daylight Saving Time - William Willett's pamphlet
Some studies (notably Indiana) conclude that it saves 1% energy costs. Other studies argue there is a net 3% loss rather than savings.
Pedestrians are around six times as likely to die in the fall right after the time change. That could probably be viewed as a positive step in population control, so it's not all bad news.
And then Willett's take on it that lead to the whole mess: Full text - Daylight Saving Time - William Willett's pamphlet
Some studies (notably Indiana) conclude that it saves 1% energy costs. Other studies argue there is a net 3% loss rather than savings.
Pedestrians are around six times as likely to die in the fall right after the time change. That could probably be viewed as a positive step in population control, so it's not all bad news.
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Pedestrians are around six times as likely to die in the fall right after the time change. That could probably be viewed as a positive step in population control, so it's not all bad news.
I'm not touching that with a 10ft pole otherwise people may change their opinion of me...LOL...**shhhh, just walk away**
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