Dad, what's all this about taking clocks somewhere else to trick the sun? Eddie, is this science homework? I can't handle any Einstein quantum stuff before coffee.
I can’t handle any quantum stuff after coffee. Anyway I try to approach it, my brain screams, “The darn cat is dead! And the universe doesn’t fall into place only when you peek.”
Are you implying then, Larry, that you CAN handle Einstein (and) quantum stuff AFTER coffee? Boots already made the point, and much funnier than I did.
Yes, this is the continuation of the story arc which addresses the stupidity of DST.We have returned to Standard Time, which is the true time (that’s why it’s called “Standard”), and we need to stop this nonsense of losing an hour of sleep every springtime. This antiquated WW2-era practice messes with the human biological clock. That’s all it accomplishes. It doesn’t save energy, contrary to the lies spread by the government. It is definitely not for the benefit of farmers, whose livestock must be fed at the same time of day regardless of how the clock is set. The myths go on and on, and people keep falling for this year after year.One of the posters yesterday pointed out the fact that the earth is constantly tilting, and this is the reason for the variance in the amount of daylight throughout the year. There will always be that time of year when the evenings get dark earlier; just as there will be mornings with later sunrises. It’s part of the change of seasons, plain and simple. Screwing around with resetting the clocks every spring does not change the position of the sun. You are not achieving more daylight. You are merely deceiving yourselves by getting up an hour earlier.Leave the clocks alone. Give people the option of starting work an hour or two earlier during the summer if they must have the extra daylight. This would be one way of compromising.Contact the government and keep telling them to stop this DST nonsense. There are many online petitions and other sites which make it easy to contact the White House, Congress and other political organizations. Don’t give up, and maybe someday common sense will prevail.
I have vague recollections of the math involved at the end of my year of college physics. Some things translate well to the real world, like electron clouds; but quantum states in Hilbert space do not. You are flying blind in pure mathematics with only the end results being indirectly “observable”.
I agree…it has outlived its usefulness.The average American home is FULL of timepieces.The oven, microwave, coffeepot, 2 kitchen timers for cooking, phone, TV, cable box, computer, wall clock…that’s just the kitchen! The cable box & computer set themselves…guess who had to change the rest???Each room in my home has atleast one or more clocks. Set it to ONE time, and leave it alone!
Abolishing daylight saving time here won’t stop all nations from using it that currently do. Setting their clocks two hours ahead of standard time YEAR ROUND has worked well for Russia.Hawaii and Arizona don’t use DST because they’re sunny enough not to benefit from it. Cuba observes daylight saving time. New Zealand went on it the last Sunday of September and will get off it the first Sunday of April.The whole idea of time zones for the whole world became necessary when east-west travel became commonplace, starting with the invention of trains.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 8 years ago
I can’t handle any quantum stuff after coffee. Anyway I try to approach it, my brain screams, “The darn cat is dead! And the universe doesn’t fall into place only when you peek.”
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
Are you implying then, Larry, that you CAN handle Einstein (and) quantum stuff AFTER coffee? Boots already made the point, and much funnier than I did.
moontime70 over 8 years ago
Eddie must be asking about DST..some people can’t even handle it after coffee.
Whatever happened to common sense? over 8 years ago
Yes, this is the continuation of the story arc which addresses the stupidity of DST.We have returned to Standard Time, which is the true time (that’s why it’s called “Standard”), and we need to stop this nonsense of losing an hour of sleep every springtime. This antiquated WW2-era practice messes with the human biological clock. That’s all it accomplishes. It doesn’t save energy, contrary to the lies spread by the government. It is definitely not for the benefit of farmers, whose livestock must be fed at the same time of day regardless of how the clock is set. The myths go on and on, and people keep falling for this year after year.One of the posters yesterday pointed out the fact that the earth is constantly tilting, and this is the reason for the variance in the amount of daylight throughout the year. There will always be that time of year when the evenings get dark earlier; just as there will be mornings with later sunrises. It’s part of the change of seasons, plain and simple. Screwing around with resetting the clocks every spring does not change the position of the sun. You are not achieving more daylight. You are merely deceiving yourselves by getting up an hour earlier.Leave the clocks alone. Give people the option of starting work an hour or two earlier during the summer if they must have the extra daylight. This would be one way of compromising.Contact the government and keep telling them to stop this DST nonsense. There are many online petitions and other sites which make it easy to contact the White House, Congress and other political organizations. Don’t give up, and maybe someday common sense will prevail.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 8 years ago
Agreed Larry.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 8 years ago
I have vague recollections of the math involved at the end of my year of college physics. Some things translate well to the real world, like electron clouds; but quantum states in Hilbert space do not. You are flying blind in pure mathematics with only the end results being indirectly “observable”.
noreenklose over 8 years ago
I agree…it has outlived its usefulness.The average American home is FULL of timepieces.The oven, microwave, coffeepot, 2 kitchen timers for cooking, phone, TV, cable box, computer, wall clock…that’s just the kitchen! The cable box & computer set themselves…guess who had to change the rest???Each room in my home has at least one or more clocks. Set it to ONE time, and leave it alone!
english.ann over 8 years ago
Abolishing daylight saving time here won’t stop all nations from using it that currently do. Setting their clocks two hours ahead of standard time YEAR ROUND has worked well for Russia.Hawaii and Arizona don’t use DST because they’re sunny enough not to benefit from it. Cuba observes daylight saving time. New Zealand went on it the last Sunday of September and will get off it the first Sunday of April.The whole idea of time zones for the whole world became necessary when east-west travel became commonplace, starting with the invention of trains.