Posted on 07/21/2005 7:50:19 PM PDT by SmithL
My husband does this for a living. The chips and things they get have built in features. One of the biggest troubles they had was finding parts to have an actual real time process. Not a lag time of a couple seconds. They eventually developed one, but much of their stuff is in the kernel. Anyway, from what he's said, it's going to be a huge issue for his work. They are not happy about this at all. I'm far from an expert, I understand the surface of it, but it's not my field of engineering.
One thing though about November, won't kids be going off to school in the morning at dark? Around here, it's still darkish around 7:30, leaving that for another month will push it to 7:45-8:00.
"If you milk or feed the livestock at 6am, it does affect them because they are still sleeping. Changing the start of the day to darkness can have an adverse affect on milk production, egg production and growth due to a disruption of sleep patterns."
I'm not sure what he's doing, I can only speak to my experience. The production machines I'm familiar with don't care if it's 2 AM or 2 PM. They are just stamping out car parts or baking potato chips. Monitoring of production is another issue.
One thing though about November, won't kids be going off to school in the morning at dark?
It's only a one week change, from "last in October" to "first in November." It's not going to be all that much different. It's the March change that may be more different. That's three weeks earlier.
SD
He works for a huge magazine printer, many weekly publications. They have to have a time, it's all coded into shipping, etc. I don't know all the details, but, it has to be real time. I, like you, worked in the auto industry, time wasn't an issue, we just made parts.
I heard the time was going to be the last week of November and the first week of March. But, it would help to reread the article. LOL!
That was the original House plan, but they made it less drastic. The "let's change the clocks on Thanksgiving weekend and really screw up the travel industry" was a non-starter.
SD
Cow watches.
Take a licking and keep on ticking.
Huh!?!
LOL
Clock Watching Cows with Cow Watches
(to think Dick Tracy's watch used to impress me)
Most modern VCSs get the date/time from a signal off of the cable line. If they're hooked up to a cable line...
I'll take your word for it. :-) Just sounds weird to me.
See 84.
I'd still be willing to bet that if they are using RT-Linux, the systems are running off UTC time, and the conversions are being done to localtime through other software, which may be kernel-space programs. There is already code in the kernel for dealing with standard and daylight times, though, so the change shouldn't be too horrid. That doesn't mean you don't have to do extensive testing to verify the change though.
Many or most farmers now hold second jobs to keep their families afloat. I think that this would make it harder for them to milk cows in lighting conditions the cows prefer and get to work on time.
Well, tell ya what.....Up here in Washington State, I dread the coming of Standard Time in the Fall.
It starts to drizzle non-stop for six months, you drive to work in the dark and you drive home after work in the dark. They call the mass depression that sets in Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
Forget about flouride. When Standard Time comes around, we need Prozac in the Washington State drinking water.
How about this: Let's set the clocks to maximize daylight after I get off work from October through March and the dairy farmers can suck it up in order to cater to MY schedule.
Yes.
It'll cost billions to affect this change.
ff
Yes. And they don't like the sun going down later in the day. It screws up their schedules.
Tivo users won't be inconvenienced! ;-)
To: BenLurkin
The following was written to my State Rep {in Nebraska}...
The "wise folks" in DC have told use that 4 More Weeks of DST will save $$$.
Who's Money {Corporate, Home Owner, Renter}? Which Climate Zone {Gulf Coast, Alaska, ours}?
When DST started, less than 20% of Omaha homes or apartments had AC. A much smaller Metro Omaha supported 10 "Drive In" Movie Screens; now it supports ONE {it's in Iowa}.
In "post DST Omaha", Charities {like the Salvation Army} must BEG for FANS. These Fans are to be given to the working poor & those who Can't Work. For the "working poor", their bedrooms need artificial cooling to compensate for the delayed Sunset.
DST doesn't help average folks. It adds 1 of the hottest hours of any July Day to their Home AC Bill.
When Ben Franklin originated the Idea; it was to save on Candles & Whale Oil. Cooling was NOT part of the Equazition!
In 2007, 4 weeks of Autumn or Early Spring will be added to DST. That's 4 more weeks of dark & dangerous Mornings for "bus riders" {School or Mass Transit}.
If I had your Position; I'd offer a Bill to Remove the "Central Time Zone Portion of Nebraska " from DST.
For the "DST Months", our whole State would be on the Same Clock.
For the "DST Months", the Iowa & Nebraska Bars would close at the same TIME! 1 AM CT =2 AM DCT.
DST isn't an Idea that helps "the working poor"..
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