On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:29:37 +0000 David Jardine <da...@jardine.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 05:17:47AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > [...] > > No, I think the much better idea would be to ditch timezones and > > put the whole world on UTC. Get rid of DST and 12-hour clocks, > > too, while you're at it. There is absolutely no real benefit to > > having the clock say "7am" when you wake up and "11pm" when you go > > to sleep instead of (assuming UTC-6) waking up at 1:00 (which, > > remember, represents the same actual time as is currently called > > "7am" in that timezone), working 3-12, and going to bed at 19:00. > > And whatever happened to decimalisation? > > Hi,folks We are probably the only entities in the universe who spend so much energy keeping track of the number of times our planet spins. How bazaar! Jack -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
