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Tolanin
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:25 Post subject: timezones are a f***g s**y idea

why the f**k dont we just use one time throughout the entire world, wouldnt it be easier if you never had to do conversions for time? If 6 pm in china was 6 pm in london stuff would be alot easier imo.

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NickPSH
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:28 Post subject:

It would be madness without timezones.

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Tamena
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:39 Post subject:

Time zones aren't bad...what's stupid is Day Light Savings Time. Why does most of the US still follow that idiotic standard? Spring Ahead, Fall Behind... how bout we just leave the damned clocks the way they are?

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Finigan
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:40 Post subject:

Because some people still like having 2pm fall during the day time.

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Kurel
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:41 Post subject:

Tamena wrote:

Time zones aren't bad...what's stupid is Day Light Savings Time.
Why does most of the US still follow that idiotic standard?

Spring Ahead, Fall Behind...
how bout we just leave the damned clocks the way they are?

It's to make better use of daylight, and saves energy.

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Tolanin
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:46 Post subject:

Finigan wrote:

Because some people still like having 2pm fall during the day time.

why does it matter?

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Kurel
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:47 Post subject:

Tolanin wrote:

Finigan wrote:

Because some people still like having 2pm fall during the day time.

why does it matter?

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html

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Tolanin
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:55 Post subject:

Kurel wrote:

Tolanin wrote:

Finigan wrote:

Because some people still like having 2pm fall during the day time.

why does it matter?

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html

you realize that daylight savings timedoesnt make it light out any longer right?

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Kurel
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:57 Post subject:

Yes. But it makes better use of it.

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Teutates
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 19:58 Post subject:

Tamena wrote:

Time zones aren't bad...what's stupid is Day Light Savings Time.
Why does most of the US still follow that idiotic standard?

Spring Ahead, Fall Behind...
how bout we just leave the damned clocks the way they are?

Because with this theory there is 1 hour a year that doesn't exist. so technically speaking you could say.. commit adultry during that 1 hr. and when it 'falls back' it actually didnt happen =) so you don't have to lie about getting a little on the side once a year Twisted Evil

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Nictathan
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 20:03 Post subject:

Teutates wrote:

Tamena wrote:

Time zones aren't bad...what's stupid is Day Light Savings Time.
Why does most of the US still follow that idiotic standard?

Spring Ahead, Fall Behind...
how bout we just leave the damned clocks the way they are?

Because with this theory there is 1 hour a year that doesn't exist. so technically speaking you could say.. commit adultry during that 1 hr. and when it 'falls back' it actually didnt happen =) so you don't have to lie about getting a little on the side once a year Twisted Evil

This is the coolest reasoning for Daylight Savings Time I have ever heard.

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Spitulski
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 20:05 Post subject: Re: timezones are a f*****g s****y idea

Tolanin wrote:

why the f**k dont we just use one time throughout the entire world, wouldnt it be easier if you never had to do conversions for time? If 6 pm in china was 6 pm in london stuff would be alot easier imo.

Time zones are just one of the thousands of things you hate because you don't understand.

Edit: Millions. Not thousands, I meant millions. This post is probably one of them.

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Renork
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 20:21 Post subject:

Personally Im not a big fan of a 24 hour day. I think we should drop the timezones and go on a 30ish+ hour day.

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goatface
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 20:29 Post subject:

i am waiting for Metric Time http://zapatopi.net/metrictime.html

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Soriak
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 20:29 Post subject: Re: timezones are a f*****g s****y idea

Tolanin wrote:

why the f**k dont we just use one time throughout the entire world, wouldnt it be easier if you never had to do conversions for time? If 6 pm in china was 6 pm in london stuff would be alot easier imo.

Just because you don't have timezones doesn't mean you don't have to account for day/night - unless of course you're content going to work at 2am EST and getting off for lunch at 7am.

So essentially, you'd start work at 12pm and get off for lunch at 5 on the east coast, and work on the west coast would start at 3pm with lunch at 8 - oh yes, that's much less confusing than timezones.

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gotissues68
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 20:45 Post subject:

IIRC timezones were created in order to keep train schedules on track back in the 19th century. By having time zones the trains could better keep their alloted schedules and get passengers to their destinations..

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Tolanin
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 22:01 Post subject:

gotissues68 wrote:

IIRC timezones were created in order to keep train schedules on track back in the 19th century. By having time zones the trains could better keep their alloted schedules and get passengers to their destinations..

yup. they were created to do that but there is no longer a need for them with computers and such..

and yes i would be fine going to work at 2 am and getting home at 7 or whatever../ the numbers means f*****g nothing... they are just numbers... and imo it would be better if the numbers were the same everywhere...

and spit, f**k you, yes there are milions prolly billions of things i dont understand but timezones is not one of them, why not try to come up with a valid point instead of being a dumb f**k.

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Jakanden
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 22:09 Post subject:

goatface wrote:

i am waiting for Metric Time
http://zapatopi.net/metrictime.html

Quote:

French Revolutionary Metric Time

Its comes from the French so f**k no

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Mogling
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Posted: 10/28/04 - 01:57 Post subject:

Actuly we should just start counting using a base 12 number system. This would solve all our problems.

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scrotum
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Posted: 10/28/04 - 02:04 Post subject:

First thing to try is to get on the 24hour system(you call it military time) like the rest of the world uses. I dont see one good thing about a am/pm time system....anyone know why there is am/pm?