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On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 09:46:44PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: > On Sun, 4 Mar 2012, Michael G Schwern wrote: > >Date math is not commutative and this leads to all sorts of problem. They > >cannot be dismissed as some silly authoritarian demand. > Indeed, it's not authoritarian. It's more like a nightmare inspired > by the crack-addled madness of our calendar, plus the crystal meth > inspired madness of DST changes, with a hint of LSD courtesy of leap > seconds. > It's a bad fucking trip, and I've been on it for a long time. we should start a movement to eliminate DST -- i think i heard they got rid of it in Russia -- they don't struggle with it in Arizona -- not just the United States, but all countries should just eliminate it -- it was a bad idea to begin with, never had any merit, and should be relegated to the dustbin of history scThread Previous | Thread Next