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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>wrote: > >>>>> "sc" == sc <toothpik@swbell.net> writes: > > sc> we should start a movement to eliminate DST -- i think i heard > sc> they got rid of it in Russia -- they don't struggle with it in > sc> Arizona -- not just the United States, but all countries should > sc> just eliminate it -- it was a bad idea to begin with, never had > sc> any merit, and should be relegated to the dustbin of history > > Indeed! > People offer the argument from authority that Benjamin Franklin suggested it. He was a very subtle fellow and may have been kidding or making a straw man argument against some other point. I like the proposal for US time simplification forwarded at http://standardtime.com/ and mention it whenever the subject comes up. Initially I found it oversimplistic but then came around to believing that the compromises inherent in their proposal are well thought out. So now whenever there is a daylight savings shift (and accompanying statistically significant bump in traffic accident numbers) I note which half of the US is "in compliance" and which is out.Thread Previous | Thread Next