On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 08:23:25AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/11/2009 05:17 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:11:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > Extremes are, by definition, outliers. Like all outliers, they'll > have to make do with something designed for the majority.
Sounds like what a USonian would say to a Canadian, Eh? > Of course time zones are a good idea. Humans are still diurnal and > like seeing the clock say "morning" when they wake up after a > night's sleep. A clock who's 00:00 is at what is now 06:00 would be > coherent with our nature. Clocks haven't been around long enough (under 200 years for the majority of western peoples to see a clock when then wake up) for them to be part of our nature. Habit yes, nature no. > And yes, DST *is* a good idea in a non-agrarian society, since we > "all" (note the quotes) go to work at the same time. Even though > during the summer the Sun rises earlier in the day, we still "all" > go to work at the same time, so that extra amount of daylight in the > early morning is wasted, since there's nothing we can do with it. > > Thus, shifting back the clock one our artificially gives us one > extra hour of light in the evening. Which means we spend less energy in a 24 hr period, which is why DST in North America was extended. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
