[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Christopher

Personaly, I think this site would do well by sticking to what they know about. And, certainly, reporting about it when DST seems to be counterproducitive.

1) The site subtitle includes "Views, rants and raves"
2) I marked it "Off Topic." Subscribers can filter out topics that don't interest them.
3) It isn't totally unrealted. Careful reading would have shown that DST changes directly impact PPC users - we've had 3 DST patches to apply since Jan 2007 that I count.

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Christopher

Personaly, I think this site would do well by sticking to what they know about. And, certainly, reporting about it when DST seems to be counterproducitive.

1) The site subtitle includes "Views, rants and raves"
2) I marked it "Off Topic." Subscribers can filter out topics that don't interest them.
3) It isn't totally unrealted. Careful reading would have shown that DST changes directly impact PPC users - we've had 3 DST patches to apply since Jan 2007 that I count.

[powder2000]

Keep it up Ed. People who don't like what they hear and have no clear argument would rather you just shut up. I see nothing wrong with your freedom to say what's on your mind. Who knows, maybe at the rate we are moving to the left in the US we will soon have internet police getting called to your house for such a comment. Should we be content with just having the 'news' agencies able to control who's voice is heard?

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by powder2000

Keep it up Ed. People who don't like what they hear and have no clear argument would rather you just shut up. I see nothing wrong with your freedom to say what's on your mind. Who knows, maybe at the rate we are moving to the left in the US we will soon have internet police getting called to your house for such a comment. Should we be content with just having the 'news' agencies able to control who's voice is heard?

Do keep in mind the original complainant was from outside the US. I may disagree with Ed's political opinions, but I think his voice, and opinion, is a great addition to Pocket PC Thoughts.

And, please, let's keep the crap that passes for "news agencies" in the US outside of this discussion. That's another flamewar for another day.

--janak

[stlbud]

It's amazing how stupid some people are when it comes to "daylight savings". One local newscaster tried to explain there would be more hours of daylight. The earth doesn't change it's rotation just because some bloody politician tells us to change our clocks!

The study confirms one I did on my own years ago but, there's another issue that doesn't come up often. Automotive accidents and work place accidents increase during the week after the clocks change. I'm sure that helps the economy :roll:

[Phoenix]

I agree that DST achieves nothing - all it does is create more work for everyone in having to fiddle with their watches and clocks twice a year. It messes with our sleep patterns, and now apparently, it wastes an incredible amount of money, among other negative things. Not only that, but not everyone across the the world or even just the States pays attention to it in the same ways, with some regions and cities paying it no mind at all.

And how many people have been late to work, missed arranged transportation, missed appointments, etc., because they forgot to adjust their clocks and watches?

The truth is, no one cares about DST. We just all make the adjustments twice a year like mindless cattle because it's what we're "supposed" to do.

God made time, He made the earth, sun, and everything else in and including the universe; He made man, and He never asked us to fiddle with DST - since we were first created, we have lived just fine within God's design for thousands of years without DST. I think He knew what He was doing better than some silly, mislead politicians. God designed the day and night to function under specific constraints. But when we attempt to re-write the laws of God (which we can't do) and then make silly excuses for it as though it's our job to make adjustments to how we function under God's design for the way He made the sun rise and set each and every day, all we do is mess things up - we waste time, money, and energy, and make ourselves look like fools - and for what? So we can have an extra hour of daylight during a part of the year? Hardly a worthwhile exchange.

And can anyone explain how they think we're creating an extra hour of daylight? That doesn't even make sense! We're not creating anything. We have all the daylight God designed us to have. Adjusting clocks and so forth doesn't change how the sun and earth behave. Besides, if we were meant to have an extra hour of daylight, then God would've designed it that way, and He's the only One who could do so. I mean, when's the last time any of us have created a universe? We can trust God and His design of the earth, sun, and our bodies and how they all work together.

Again, I'm aware of the reason DST was instituted, but it clearly was not worthwhile. It's been defined and redefined on a whim, and all it's done is created confusion, inconvenience, and waste, all across the world. We should just do away with DST altogether, once and for all.

Anyone would be hard-pressed to find even a handful or anything beyond the smallest percentage of people who would really miss it. Who ever hears anyone saying, "Thank God for DST!"?