From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T10:27:04+09:00
Subject: [OT} DST - was Re: How can my boss take rails seriously with bugs like this?

_Kevin wrote:
> 
> Just wait til next year when the US changes the day that DST starts and
> ends on.  Won't that be fun.

Hmm, isn't that this year??

> It's not a hard thing to fix, but you just *know* that some ISP is
> going to forget.
> 
> BTW... Daylight saving time doesn't actually save any daylight....
> another pet peeve.

Quite right. Will Rogers said it was like cutting off one end of a
blanket and sewing it on the other end to make it longer.

My father occasionally nags Congress to do away with it. (I always
admire those who tilt at windmills.) He is actually old enough to
remember when there was no such thing.


Hal