Since you've invited me to disagree, I will. The "problem" it solves is people being slaves to the clock. If (non-farm) work schedules were also changed on a regular basis to the time the sun comes up, etc. there would be no need for DST. But then again, that would be a pain in the butt, having to remember "oh, its December 14, I start work at 9:47 this morning". DST is a hack, but it's the best one available at the moment.
Actually - God thought it up, since those measurements are at least partially based on the rotation of the earth around its axis, the movement of the earth around the sun, and the movement of the moon around the earth.
But wouldn't they be better served by Windows boxes? (ducks). Seriously, odds are they will be using Windows in the "real world" once they graduate and move on to college and jobs. How well will the Linux skills translate?
Not only that, I once read that roughly 30% of people will get some form of cancer in their lives. So, your risk of getting cancer actually goes DOWN on a trip to Mars!
But too many website REQUIRE that I use IE - corporate job applications, graduate school, etc. I use Safari on my Mac and Firefox on my PC whenever I can - but sometimes I have no choice but to fire up IE.
Except, the shuttle was very rarely used for that purpose. True, it was part of the initial mission, but the Shuttle that was eventually built was not capable of reaching the higher orbits most sattelites occupy. Plus, I beleive it was usually cheaper/easier launch a new satelite than attempt a recovery mission, fix, and relaunch.
Interesting comment about the ISS - I remember when the goal was to have it completed by 1992 in time for the 500th anniversary of Columbus coming to America. Now the worlds most expensive boondoggle will probably never be finished.
What they are effectively saying is, the 30 year experiment that was the space shuttle was a failure. Sure, a lot was learned - but now they are going back to the basic design concepts (upgraded with new tech, of course) of the 1960s. Live and learn.
As technology improves, the definition of what is a planet, moon, and asteroid needs to be revised. There are essentially an infinite number of particles/rocks/objects orbiting the sun and all of the planets of differing sizes. In the good old days we could only identify the really big ones, so there were 9 planets, Jupiter had 4 moons (in the REALLY old days), etc. Now that we can see smaller and smaller objects, where do we draw the line as to what consitututes a planet or moon?
Wait 5 or 10 years? Tell that to the people on the space station waiting for supplies! Seriously, the Shuttle is the best we have at the momement so the US will have to use it for critical missions until a replacement is ready.
While technically not gramatically correct, the expression "Who is fooling who" falls under the category of common usage. Just google that expression and you'll see it used in a variety of sources.
Could be worse - you could live in Indiana, a small state which effectively has THREE time zones (Central with DST near Chicago, and Eastern time with or without DST depending on where you are in the state.
This whole thing is riduculous - pretty soon we will have daylight savings time year round, which will of course then be just "time". Might as well just stay on the same time, all the time. People work flextime now anyway - and most are not farmers that need to follow the schedule of the sun. If they do, just change what time they start work each day - not change the actual clock. If they are worried about commerce, people being in synch, etc. everyone across the globe should just agree on GMT (or whatever) as the standard time and go from there.
The absurdity of fooling yourself by changing the clocks (not really unlike those that set their alarm clock fast so they are never late) reminds me of a former coworker, who came in later to work every day. One day he came in as we were leaving for lunch. Soon he came in on a Friday as we were all leaving for happy hour. Eventually he "lapped" himself and started coming in so late it was early the next morning, and eventually he came in at a normal start time of 8:00 or so. Of course, the trend continued and he just started coming in later again.
Re:apple need to bump up the entry level spec
on
New Apples Next Week
·
· Score: 2, Informative
Except, not everyone wants or needs all of the extras. I would rather they start with a stripped machine and let you add on what, if anything, you need rather than paying for something you don't want. For example, I'm typing this right now quite happily on a 256 MB machine without a DVD burner or bluetooth, which I have no use for. I *do* have use for wireless, so I added a wireless card - but not everyone does.
Exactly. The operative word there is "one". A company with 10,000 employees might have 9,999 PCs and 1 Mac used by the guy who designs the logos or does the flash animation for the website.
Slashdot Mirror
Since you've invited me to disagree, I will. The "problem" it solves is people being slaves to the clock. If (non-farm) work schedules were also changed on a regular basis to the time the sun comes up, etc. there would be no need for DST. But then again, that would be a pain in the butt, having to remember "oh, its December 14, I start work at 9:47 this morning". DST is a hack, but it's the best one available at the moment.
Actually - God thought it up, since those measurements are at least partially based on the rotation of the earth around its axis, the movement of the earth around the sun, and the movement of the moon around the earth.
But wouldn't they be better served by Windows boxes? (ducks). Seriously, odds are they will be using Windows in the "real world" once they graduate and move on to college and jobs. How well will the Linux skills translate?
"It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times. Stupid Monkey!" - Mr. Burns
Not only that, I once read that roughly 30% of people will get some form of cancer in their lives. So, your risk of getting cancer actually goes DOWN on a trip to Mars!
But too many website REQUIRE that I use IE - corporate job applications, graduate school, etc. I use Safari on my Mac and Firefox on my PC whenever I can - but sometimes I have no choice but to fire up IE.
Looks cool, but you'll never get that thing off the ground.
Except, the shuttle was very rarely used for that purpose. True, it was part of the initial mission, but the Shuttle that was eventually built was not capable of reaching the higher orbits most sattelites occupy. Plus, I beleive it was usually cheaper/easier launch a new satelite than attempt a recovery mission, fix, and relaunch.
Multi-button capable mice from Apple? Whats next, Intel processors? Oh wait...
Interesting comment about the ISS - I remember when the goal was to have it completed by 1992 in time for the 500th anniversary of Columbus coming to America. Now the worlds most expensive boondoggle will probably never be finished.
What they are effectively saying is, the 30 year experiment that was the space shuttle was a failure. Sure, a lot was learned - but now they are going back to the basic design concepts (upgraded with new tech, of course) of the 1960s. Live and learn.
Looks like somebody's beginning to take an interest in your handiwork.
And who's going to fly it - you?
Maybe. Or just maybe he expects to be able to resell it for $250K (whatever that is in Rubles) in a few years, and realize a large profit.
None.
As technology improves, the definition of what is a planet, moon, and asteroid needs to be revised. There are essentially an infinite number of particles/rocks/objects orbiting the sun and all of the planets of differing sizes. In the good old days we could only identify the really big ones, so there were 9 planets, Jupiter had 4 moons (in the REALLY old days), etc. Now that we can see smaller and smaller objects, where do we draw the line as to what consitututes a planet or moon?
"Fly to IIS"? (presumably you mean ISS) - talk about a Freudian slip!
"expansibility"?
Wait 5 or 10 years? Tell that to the people on the space station waiting for supplies! Seriously, the Shuttle is the best we have at the momement so the US will have to use it for critical missions until a replacement is ready.
While technically not gramatically correct, the expression "Who is fooling who" falls under the category of common usage. Just google that expression and you'll see it used in a variety of sources.
LOL you have to love spurious logic!
Could be worse - you could live in Indiana, a small state which effectively has THREE time zones (Central with DST near Chicago, and Eastern time with or without DST depending on where you are in the state.
The absurdity of fooling yourself by changing the clocks (not really unlike those that set their alarm clock fast so they are never late) reminds me of a former coworker, who came in later to work every day. One day he came in as we were leaving for lunch. Soon he came in on a Friday as we were all leaving for happy hour. Eventually he "lapped" himself and started coming in so late it was early the next morning, and eventually he came in at a normal start time of 8:00 or so. Of course, the trend continued and he just started coming in later again.
Except, not everyone wants or needs all of the extras. I would rather they start with a stripped machine and let you add on what, if anything, you need rather than paying for something you don't want. For example, I'm typing this right now quite happily on a 256 MB machine without a DVD burner or bluetooth, which I have no use for. I *do* have use for wireless, so I added a wireless card - but not everyone does.
Exactly. The operative word there is "one". A company with 10,000 employees might have 9,999 PCs and 1 Mac used by the guy who designs the logos or does the flash animation for the website.