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to: Robert Comer
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2007-03-04 10:14:34
subject: Re: The DST fiasco

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I'd vote for no DST

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:45eadf6e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I think they ought to get rid of it altogether.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "mike"  wrote in message
> news:e7klu2pg5blbabhs9jv03k8738gtg2dtme{at}4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:37:20 -0500, Tim Boyer 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Embedded systems in a plant are the killer.  We've got two old time
>>>clocks that
>>>I'm now going to have to change next week at 2AM, and then three weeks
>>>later,
>>>and then twice in the fall... forever.
>>>
>>>Picture the same situation at, say, GM.  Or PLCs that aren't networked in
>>>but
>>>do certain functions at certain times of the day - I've only got one of
>>>those,
>>>but it's going to report an illegal lunch break for three weeks. Or
>>>hand-held
>>>devices at hospitals.
>>
>>
>> Congress should require that DST start and end dates move each year to
>> force everyone to come up with a more flexible system to handle it.
>>
>> /m
>
>

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