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(Message started by: Redd715 on Feb 7th, 2007, 11:30am)
Title: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Redd715 on Feb 7th, 2007, 11:30am
Daylight Saving Time will take effect two weeks earlier this year, beginning at 2 a.m. on March 11 and ending Nov. 4. The date change was signed into law by President George W. Bush in order to help the country conserve energy.

Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by kimmiedawn81 on Feb 7th, 2007, 11:46am
I hate springing forward!!!  
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by tanner on Feb 7th, 2007, 11:47am

Great, so now he's gonna tell me what time to get up too ;;D

Hi Pegg ;)..................Tim
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Wilbur on Feb 7th, 2007, 12:24pm

on 02/07/07 at 11:30:48, Redd715 wrote:
The date change was signed into law by President George W. Bush in order to help the country conserve energy.

Don't you just love living in a nanny state?
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by JeffB on Feb 7th, 2007, 12:30pm
More time to golf after work!
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Mattrf on Feb 7th, 2007, 1:08pm

on 02/07/07 at 12:30:02, JeffB wrote:
More time to golf after work!

Love golf, I suck at it but still love it.
Hay if any of you golfers wind up in Nor Cal and want to play at Stanford just let me know, it's a bit expensive though, as an employee I have to pay $50 a guest has to pay $100 now that is insane!

Matt
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by thomas on Feb 7th, 2007, 1:12pm

on 02/07/07 at 12:30:02, JeffB wrote:
More time to golf after work!

Indeed.
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by stevegeebe on Feb 7th, 2007, 1:20pm
Spring forward a half an hour and just leave it the fuck alone.

Steve G
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by midwestbeth on Feb 7th, 2007, 2:00pm
An hour of my sleep life taken away two weeks too early :-[.  I do not feel the energy savings
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by fubar on Feb 7th, 2007, 5:24pm
Ya, f'ing BRILLIANT.

So, for a few weeks, we might save some watts lighting up the place BUT

This brilliant move is going to make Y2K look like a joke... so many systems around the planet have to 'agree' on the current time (often with huge legal implications, not to mention safety) that this little wrinkle is already causing the hasty re-coding of *millions* of lines of code.  All of this is going to have far less planning and testing than Y2K, yet it is easily 10 times as complicated.

If you ever have dealth with transactional systems, you know what I'm talking about.

It's going to be interesting to watch, that's for sure.  Think about programmed trading getting conflicting data (market instability) or scheduled power-grid switching (think those SCADA systems get updates?  think again).  A lot of the problems they expected in Y2K are going to pop their ugly heads up this year.  I'm not saying the sky is going to fall, just that it will be interesting to see how many systems falter or fail because of this energy-saving measure.

-Fu
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by deltadarlin on Feb 7th, 2007, 5:56pm
Funny thing is, last time I looked, there was still 24 hours in a day, they haven't saved me a fucking thing.
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Charlie on Feb 7th, 2007, 6:10pm
LOL.

This is how his friends to him to deal with energy conservation. No need to rock the boat.

Kill me now.

Charlie
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Opus on Feb 7th, 2007, 7:33pm
Personally I think that DST should stay  permanently, or even better reversed. I hate the sun, so a longer time of it in the hot summer is usless. Better to have it help me wake up, then to wake up in the dark. In winter having the sun out later in the day would give maybe an hour of daylight when you get home, or atleast the drive home in the light.


on 02/07/07 at 17:24:24, fubar wrote:
This brilliant move is going to make Y2K look like a joke... so many systems around the planet have to 'agree' on the current time (often with huge legal implications, not to mention safety) that this little wrinkle is already causing the hasty re-coding of *millions* of lines of code.  All of this is going to have far less planning and testing than Y2K, yet it is easily 10 times as complicated.


I hope your wrong Fu, bu we will see. In the Y2K gear up most power companies didn't deal with precise timings,  But as we saw a few years ago how a small power glitch could take down a now over taxed grid.

Wall street is another story becouse I believe they run on the one brand of OS that doesn't run on GMT, and that won't be getting any updates for the new DST start date.

The Internet running on mostly UNIX/BSD and Google running on Linux will be fine. I guess we will see how the non *nix OS's fair.

Paul
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by TxBasslady on Feb 8th, 2007, 3:09am
DST is the fisherman's friend!

I love it when the time changes...means I can stay out on the lake longer.     [smiley=laugh.gif]

(Hi Steve !!!     :-* )

Jean
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Wilbur on Feb 8th, 2007, 7:37am

on 02/07/07 at 19:33:42, Opus wrote:
I hate the sun,

Are you a vampire? ;;D
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Cathi04 on Feb 8th, 2007, 11:45am
OKOKOK>>>>>>>>>>>>>HERE's  the worst of it!
Our government has arbitrarily chosen MY birthday to rob ME of sleep..................I love sleep! It's my gift to me! I demand they change the date! This is no fair! I'm moving to Tahiti!

.......Don't make me get up earlier on my bday   [smiley=huh.gif] :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Melissa on Feb 8th, 2007, 12:09pm
My dear Cathi, you can rise whenever you like!  Time is but an invention of man. ;)


:-*
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Cathi04 on Feb 8th, 2007, 10:13pm
Melly, May I move to Tahiti?
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by BMoneeTheMoneeMan on Feb 9th, 2007, 12:03am
Hey cathi, your birthday is the 11th?  Mine is the 10th!!

You wanna come to the Acropolis with me and Krista?
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by LeLimey on Feb 9th, 2007, 5:20am

on 02/07/07 at 11:30:48, Redd715 wrote:
Daylight Saving Time will take effect two weeks earlier this year, beginning at 2 a.m. on March 11 and ending Nov. 4. The date change was signed into law by President George W. Bush in order to help the country conserve energy.



So...... come the autumn will he delay "falling back" for the same reason I wonder?  ::)
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by BarbaraD on Feb 9th, 2007, 5:39am

on 02/09/07 at 00:03:45, BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote:
Hey cathi, your birthday is the 11th?  Mine is the 10th!!

You wanna come to the Acropolis with me and Krista?



B$ - Mine is the 10th also.... Happy Birthday -- at least we get to sleep the extra hour... ;;D

Hugs BD
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by sandie99 on Feb 9th, 2007, 5:40am
Chey, I would need few extra hours to my day. I should probably send a letter to the White House and ask for tips... ;;D
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Melissa on Feb 9th, 2007, 8:10am

on 02/08/07 at 22:13:46, Cathi04 wrote:
Melly, May I move to Tahiti?

Yes.  Yes you may. ;;D
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Cathi04 on Feb 9th, 2007, 9:49am
B$.....ummm...errrr... HEYYY!!! [smiley=girlflash.gif] [smiley=girlflash.gif] [smiley=girlflash.gif] [smiley=girlflash.gif]
The Acropolis??? I hear they have the BEST steaks in town........course, who would know?? And Krista WANTS to go with ya??
How bout I buy you Starbucks and we watch fully clothed people go by???
(for those if yu who don't get it, The Acropolis is the local...ahh...'gentlemens' club".
Cathi :o
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by aprilbee on Feb 9th, 2007, 10:26am

on 02/08/07 at 11:45:31, Cathi04 wrote:
OKOKOK>>>>>>>>>>>>>HERE's  the worst of it!
Our government has arbitrarily chosen MY birthday to rob ME of sleep..................I love sleep! It's my gift to me! I demand they change the date! This is no fair! I'm moving to Tahiti!

.......Don't make me get up earlier on my bday   [smiley=huh.gif] :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(


No need to move that far away....just move to Arizona....they don't change their time there and I think one other state, but I'm not sure which one....I love the short days and long nights of winter, so I hate DST!  just leave it the hell alone already.... >:(
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Linda_Howell on Feb 9th, 2007, 1:05pm


Quote:
Hay if any of you golfers wind up in Nor Cal and want to play at Stanford just let me know, it's a bit expensive though, as an employee I have to pay $50 a guest has to pay $100 now that is insane!


LMAO Matt.  If any of you golfers wind up in "real" Nor Cal..which in our minds is anything north of Sacramento, you can play golf at one of our courses for 11.00

You're in Central Ca. to us Matt.  ;)
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Wilbur on Feb 10th, 2007, 9:28am

on 02/09/07 at 10:26:35, aprilbee wrote:
No need to move that far away....just move to Arizona....they don't change their time there and I think one other state, but I'm not sure which one

Indiana.
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by zwibbs/Scott on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:25am

on 02/09/07 at 00:03:45, BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote:
Hey cathi, your birthday is the 11th?  Mine is the 10th!!

You wanna come to the Acropolis with me and Krista?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I'm older than you both-------I'm March 7th---I'll meet you in Eastchester B
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Cathi04 on Feb 11th, 2007, 10:23am
Err, No, Scott, that doesn't necessarily mean you are older......would you care to give a year, now???
B$ is a moneeman, that means he knows how to count......wanna go see him?

B$, I Still don't care to goto the Acorpolis with you, but maybe Zwibby will........

and, how do I get to Eastchester???

Cathi
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by fubar on Feb 16th, 2007, 3:27pm

on 02/07/07 at 17:24:24, fubar wrote:
Ya, f'ing BRILLIANT.

So, for a few weeks, we might save some watts lighting up the place BUT

This brilliant move is going to make Y2K look like a joke... so many systems around the planet have to 'agree' on the current time (often with huge legal implications, not to mention safety) that this little wrinkle is already causing the hasty re-coding of *millions* of lines of code.  All of this is going to have far less planning and testing than Y2K, yet it is easily 10 times as complicated.

If you ever have dealth with transactional systems, you know what I'm talking about.

It's going to be interesting to watch, that's for sure.  Think about programmed trading getting conflicting data (market instability) or scheduled power-grid switching (think those SCADA systems get updates?  think again).  A lot of the problems they expected in Y2K are going to pop their ugly heads up this year.  I'm not saying the sky is going to fall, just that it will be interesting to see how many systems falter or fail because of this energy-saving measure.

-Fu


Somebody was listenting to me.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-6159840.html

Quote:
Wake up to the 'daylight-saving' bug
By Joris Evers, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: February 16, 2007, 4:00 AM PT

...

The move could impact time-sensitive applications other than calendaring, such as those that process sales orders or keep track of time cards. Gartner, for example, says the bug could lead to incorrect arrival and departure times in the travel industry and result in errors in bank transactions, causing late payments. In
addition, trading applications might execute purchases and sales at the wrong time, and cell phone-billing software could charge peak rates at off-peak hours.
...
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by E-Double on Feb 16th, 2007, 9:47pm
i wonder if it will effect episodics???
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by kayarr on Feb 16th, 2007, 11:01pm

on 02/08/07 at 11:45:31, Cathi04 wrote:
OKOKOK>>>>>>>>>>>>>HERE's  the worst of it!
Our government has arbitrarily chosen MY birthday to rob ME of sleep..................I love sleep! It's my gift to me! I demand they change the date! This is no fair! I'm moving to Tahiti!

.......Don't make me get up earlier on my bday   [smiley=huh.gif] :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(


OMG,  Mine is the 17th!  We are practically TWINS!
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by Ree on Feb 18th, 2007, 10:11pm
I SWEAR THAT MAN TRIES TO CONTROL EVERYTHING... NOW HE WANTS TO DICTATE AND CHANGE WHEN THE DAY BEGINS AND ENDS... WOW NOT A POWER HUNGRY (ENERGY HUNGRY) BOY IS HE...........REE
Title: Re: Just in case you weren't aware:
Post by alienspacebabe on Feb 18th, 2007, 11:06pm

on 02/16/07 at 21:47:29, E-Double wrote:
i wonder if it will effect episodics???



ooh. wouldn't that be nice, to shake up the beast a bit?!


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