Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: ISO

       ah, yes, how times have changed  ;-)

       BTW - my grandparents lived during that time ... I grew up listening
to the pros & cons  ;-)



On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Dan <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:

      While we are wasting space on this topic, a computer was used in the
> USA for the 1890 Census. I don't think any of us go back that far ... And
> there is a Greek machine that seems to be used for computing that goes back
> to 2500 BC! That was a long time ago. Think that people of that time did
> not recognize the importance of it?
>
> --Dan
>
>
> anne-ology wrote:
>
> >         you're so cute ...
> >
> >         after all, those folks north of the northern snow belt - and south
> > of the southern -
> >             don't seem to worry about the long days, long nights; they
> > still
> > stick to their schedule  ;-)
> >
> >         BTW - for those who are too young to remember pre-computing days,
> > the month would either be spelled out, or abbreviated;
> >             still the most sensible system to my way of thinking  ;-)
> >
> >         Only with these computers, did some of these scientists decide
> > they
> > should add the hour, minute, second to the time format ...
> >             GMT was the standard for centuries - Big Ben's still ticking
> > away, isn't it?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 07/25/2012 03:43 PM, anne-ology wrote:
> >
> > >           Well, the same thing that's wrong with changing the clocks ...
> > > > ...
> > > > .... etc. etc. etc. ... ... ...
> > > >
> > > >   /snip/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >           This ISO is as strange as changing the time twice/year
> > > >
> > > >  /snip
> > >
> > > You're right!  We should just have daylight saving time all year long.
> > > Or if we want to change the clock twice a year, we should have
> > > DST in the winter and Double DST in the summer!
> > >
> > > --doug

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