[BC] ANY word from FCC abt DST change?

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Well, there is no changing physics, even though the lawyers at the  
FCC try all the time.

These new dates are STUPID, and we should go back to the old dates.

No one considered kids going to school in the dark in the moring.

No one considered Daytime radio stations.

No one considered the effects upon computers and devices which had  
previously automatically changed times.

My Blackberry STILL doesn't work properly, and quite possibly never  
will.

How did this happen?  Some idiot Congresscritter decided this was a  
good idea and put in a bill.  (I'm sorry, but I forget the idiot's  
name.) The other idiot Congresscritters didn't think about it and  
went along with it.  An uninformed President signed it into law.

WE were all asleep at the switch and didn't realize what happened  
until nearly a YEAR after the law passed.  AM Daytimers would have  
been reason enough not to do this, and enough of a reason to switch  
back.  THOUGH, I am willing to work with the EU to conform with  
them.  For International businesses, the four changes for every  
different date  each year are real problems.

I don't want to live in Indiana, but I have to tell you, the counties  
that don't change time are very appealing to me.  The same with  
Arizona, and I might like to live there.

I ABSOLUTELY HATE the change.  It screws up my internal clock for a  
month.  I don't wear a watch, yet I pretty much know the time all  
day.  I get "adjusted" from time to time by looking at clocks or my  
computer (or my assistant), and things work just fine.  I wake  
without an alarm most of the time, unless it is an especially early  
time for a early flight or something similar, and things generally  
run on time.  I don't miss appointments or flights.

THEN we change the clock.  TWO TIMES A YEAR, I don't get up at the  
right time, and I have a hard time being on time.  It lasts between  
two weeks to a month.  "Springing forward" is the worst, as it makes  
me late.  "Falling back" isn't that bad, except that I get up too  
early, and I am early to everything.  The effect is shorter though.   
It is like flying between time zones, but worse.

We really need to stop doing this.  Pick a freaking time and stick  
with it.

___________________

Now, regarding your problem, just go on an hour early.  Who is going  
to notice?

Hey, just kidding.

--chip


On Oct 27, 2007, at 8:46 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:52:26 EDT
> From: WFIFeng at aol.com
> Subject: [BC] ANY word from FCC abt DST change?
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> The 1'st of November is only days away... has there been *any* word  
> from the
> FCC as to what Daytimers (with no PSRA) are supposed to do between  
> 11/1 and
> Sunday when the clocks change?
>
> The idea of not being able to sign-on until 7:45 is quite unappealing!
>
> Willie...