Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Running xsane

2010-02-18 Thread Arttu V.
On 2/18/10, Peter Humphrey wrote: > No, you miss the point. The name implies saving daylight, not time. Show > me anyone who can do that. (And I won't ask why Saving has to be > plural.) Riddle me this as well: what good does Daylight Savings do in, e.g., Scandinavian region countries, which have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Running xsane

2010-02-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 18 February 2010 00:41:32 Peter Humphrey wrote: > What does a condenser (on a carburettor) condense? s/carburettor/distributor/ of course. Silly slip. -- Rgds Peter.

[gentoo-user] Re: Running xsane

2010-02-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-02-18, Peter Humphrey wrote: > More examples: what is the one thing that shock-absorbers > don't do? What does a condenser (on a carburettor) condense? Never heard of a condenser on a carbuetor. Google doesn't seem to know about it either. Are you referring to the condenser (capacitor)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Running xsane

2010-02-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 17 February 2010 15:53:04 Grant Edwards wrote: > Let's be fair about it. Here in the US, we don't have the > illusion of saving _time_. No, you miss the point. The name implies saving daylight, not time. Show me anyone who can do that. (And I won't ask why Saving has to be plural.

[gentoo-user] Re: Running xsane

2010-02-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-02-17, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 15 February 2010 08:58:03 Neil Bothwick wrote: > He was wrong, understandably. He should not have included all > white men in that set. Outside USA we have no illusions of > saving time by adjusting our clocks. Let's be fair about it. Here in the