How many people enjoyed the revised schedule of DST? I for one have a PC that still likes to change its clock every other week since the changed date. Others are reporting no real energy savings.
its crap...just more fuzzy math. and with this warmer weather, people are already cranking up the AC..BUST
You might want to like... install the appropriate patches from your operating system vendor.
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Originally posted by Rowdy
How many people enjoyed the revised schedule of DST? I for one have a PC that still likes to change its clock every other week since the changed date. Others are reporting no real energy savings.
I liked it. I like coming home to daylight.
Sure puts a kink in my Peeping Tom hobby.
Heck, seems no sooner then I can get started then everyones already turned in.
Hmmmm, maybe it does save energy.
Like we established in the other DST thread:
DST has nothing to do with saving energy.. it's about spending money. People are much more likely to get out and spend when the day-ball is up.
But yeah. just about every computer / backend system has somehow been affected by the change. Patched or not.
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Originally posted by BKDotCom
Like we established in the other DST thread:
DST has nothing to do with saving energy.. it's about spending money. People are much more likely to get out and spend when the day-ball is up.
But yeah. just about every computer / backend system has somehow been affected by the change. Patched or not.
Meh-didn't mean to duplicate another thread. Ouch. I had no idea there was a patch for this time issue for XP.
I have enjoyed it...More daylight at the end of the day to get chores done outside....Have not turned on the A/C yet....
I'd hate DST if I worked the day shift, I always had a tuff time getting up in the morn...However, Since I work 2nd shift I kind of like DST. I don't mind it at all. I know it's ruff if your pulling 1st shift hours or start ultra early hours like 5am or 6am- it's ruff, I agree with that..
Day-ball.[}:)] Nice. I didn't actually get any yardwork done, but it's nice to know that I could've. I think it's cool.
I love having it be light later into the evening.
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Originally posted by Rowdy
How many people enjoyed the revised schedule of DST? I for one have a PC that still likes to change its clock every other week since the changed date. Others are reporting no real energy savings.
My computer runs Windows XP. It is set for automatic updates. It did not change the clock this year for the earlier DST, so about a week later, I manually changed the clock. 4/1/07 came and went (the old DST change date) and my computer did not adjust the time again, so I assume the MS software correction downloaded eventually. We shall see what happens this fall when we switch back to standard time later.
Yeah I turn off the Updates cause I dont want Microsoft snoopin my PC. Maybe yours wont do it again...
It is nice to have more daylight. People are less depressed the more they are subjected to the sun during their day. Of course there is a point where there is TOO much daylight
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Originally posted by Johnboy976
It is nice to have more daylight. People are less depressed the more they are subjected to the sun during their day. Of course there is a point where there is TOO much daylight
There is not really any more daylight, just because we fiddle with our clocks. If you want more daylight during your waking hours, just adjust the times you get up in the morning and go to bed at night the best you can.
Messing with our clocks has no effect whatsoever on the sun, the orbit/rotation of the earth, and the amount of daylight. I think DST is a silly waste.
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Originally posted by Steve
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Originally posted by Johnboy976
It is nice to have more daylight. People are less depressed the more they are subjected to the sun during their day. Of course there is a point where there is TOO much daylight
There is not really any more daylight, just because we fiddle with our clocks. If you want more daylight during your waking hours, just adjust the times you get up in the morning and go to bed at night the best you can.
Messing with our clocks has no effect whatsoever on the sun, the orbit/rotation of the earth, and the amount of daylight. I think DST is a silly waste.
No kidding??!! You mean it doesn't alter the earth's orbit?? ;)
I think that DST is good for people who work a typical 8-5 schedule. You get home at 5 and it's dark, you can't do anything in the yard, etc. With DST, I can get home, mow the yard, and actually get some things done. I'd rather wake up when it's barely light out if it means i can get home to sunlight.
Wasn't part of the original idea for DST that individuals would consume less energy for lighting since it was assumed more people would be up in the evening hours rather than morning hours and they would need less over-all artificial light for their homes?
Seems like I heard that a long time ago.
I understand what you are saying tulsa1603, but the only time of the year it is dark at 5:00PM is late December-early January. I don't know many people that do much yard work and mowing that time of the year anyway. In the summer, standard time would mean darkness around 8:00 PM rather than 9:00 PM, still plenty of time to do outside work in the evening. I still think DST is dumb.
From page A12 of today's World, reprinted from USA Today:
"GAS USE UP SINCE EARLY TIME CHANGE
Washington -- In a bid to save energy, Congress moved up daylight saving time by three weeks this year. But so far, the change appears to have backfired after Americans last month used record amounts of gasoline as they got out to enjoy the extra hour of sunshine.
Average daily gasoline demand for the three weeks after the time change rose 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago and was the highest ever for the period, according to the Energy Department..."
Some argue that it was better weather and a "healthy economy," not DST that made for higher gas consumption. I tend to think DST was the major contributor. Lets just leave the clocks alone!
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Originally posted by Steve
From page A12 of today's World, reprinted from USA Today:
"GAS USE UP SINCE EARLY TIME CHANGE
Washington -- In a bid to save energy, Congress moved up daylight saving time by three weeks this year. But so far, the change appears to have backfired after Americans last month used record amounts of gasoline as they got out to enjoy the extra hour of sunshine.
Average daily gasoline demand for the three weeks after the time change rose 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago and was the highest ever for the period, according to the Energy Department..."
Some argue that it was better weather and a "healthy economy," not DST that made for higher gas consumption. I tend to think DST was the major contributor. Lets just leave the clocks alone!
It is also important to mention the havoc this change does on some people's own body clocks.