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01-25-2007, 09:30 AM
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Golden Shellback
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Are you ready for the new changes to Daylight Saving Time?
Thanks to Congress, with the exception of my computers, any electronic equipment that I have that automaticly changes for DST now has to be changed manually.
So if you are running Windows XP you'll need to install this patch to have your computer automaticly adjust to daylight saving time...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388
It's only 7 weeks away and they still haven't upgraded the PCs at work. I'm sure it will be a last minute rush job....as usual.
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You know, come to think of it, I'm not afraid of ants. I never was. It's just when they all come running out of a lady's pants like that... yech, creepy. And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky is the limit! - The Tick
Last edited by kwjones; 01-25-2007 at 10:08 AM.
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01-25-2007, 11:03 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Why did they do that?
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When considering courage in battle, one should remember that there are 2 sides to every conflict.
The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
but we were all husbands and fathers, sons and bros
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01-25-2007, 11:17 AM
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Golden Shellback
Join Date: Mar 2004
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In Aug. 2005, Congress passed an energy bill that included extending Daylight Saving Time by about a month. Beginning in 2007, DST will start the second Sunday of March and end on the first Sunday of November.
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You know, come to think of it, I'm not afraid of ants. I never was. It's just when they all come running out of a lady's pants like that... yech, creepy. And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky is the limit! - The Tick
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01-25-2007, 11:35 AM
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Why I get nothing done...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Beaverton
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Good heads up there. I didn't even know about it. I haven't heard anything from our IT dept. here as to getting our systems updated.
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01-25-2007, 12:00 PM
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Why I get nothing done...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Beaverton
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Haha, I emailed our IT dept. and they know nothing about it. That's hilarious. And this is a billion dollar corporation too. LOL
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01-25-2007, 12:25 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
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This has to be a hoax.
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01-25-2007, 12:31 PM
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Why I get nothing done...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phishnoob
This has to be a hoax.
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Actually I don't think it is. There is an update on microsoft's website for it and I've found numerous articles on it.
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01-25-2007, 12:33 PM
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Why I get nothing done...
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Copied from Wikipedia.com
DST commonly begins in the northern hemisphere on the last Sunday in March or the first Sunday in April, and ends on the last Sunday in October. However, due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, beginning in 2007, the United States will begin observing DST from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November. (Studies will determine if this remains permanent.) Most of Canada will also observe the new period to avoid possible economic losses from confusion with the United States. Since 2002, the European Union has fixed the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October as start and end dates (European Summer Time). |
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01-25-2007, 12:50 PM
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Golden Shellback
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tashier
Haha, I emailed our IT dept. and they know nothing about it. That's hilarious. And this is a billion dollar corporation too. LOL
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 I'm a low man on the totem pole in the IT dept at the Dept. of Labor in DC...they don't know anything about it either.
I remember when the energy bill passed in 2005...kept thinking to myself that it's going to be like Y2K compliance all over again. I'm sure the closer we get the more you'll hear about it in the news.
I'm patching my two computers at home this weekend after I get back from the LFS in PA. Not sure what Apple has for the Mac users yet, don't even know if it's a problem for them.
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You know, come to think of it, I'm not afraid of ants. I never was. It's just when they all come running out of a lady's pants like that... yech, creepy. And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky is the limit! - The Tick
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01-25-2007, 07:06 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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Do any of you remember in '75 or '76 Jimmy Carter completely did away with DST one year. It was supposed to save us energy but I still haven't figured out how. I remember it was still dark when school started.
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01-25-2007, 07:23 PM
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Nope, not a hoax
This has been out for a while
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125g show, (3) 250w, 75g frag, 40g sump
$100 325g ready to go to...just need more house
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01-25-2007, 08:46 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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I remember seeing something about it last yr.
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01-25-2007, 09:00 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tashier
Haha, I emailed our IT dept. and they know nothing about it. That's hilarious. And this is a billion dollar corporation too. LOL
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Are you really suprise?
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01-25-2007, 09:01 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
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I love Jimmy Carter for his work as a humanitarian, but geez I can't drive 55 and a speedo that stops at 85 is just a nighmare. This is not a political statement.
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01-25-2007, 09:31 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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I remember that the national speedlimit WAS going to be 50. 55 seems so slow now. On an unrelated note I never got over 10 MPH on I-75 this morning. 2 hours to get to work. A new record. I'm ready to move. 
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