darkstar559 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 it changed!!! :bounce: it didnt for me does this mean in spring, the tv stations will pull a show off the air, and in fall they will air a show two times in a row? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=SD=- Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 But let us go even further to the idea! Let's take a trip back in time... The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin (portrait at right) during his sojourn as an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, "An Economical Project." Read more about Franklin's essay. Some of Franklin's friends, inventors of the oil lamp, were so taken by the scheme that they continued corresponding with Franklin even after he returned to America. The idea was first advocated seriously by a London builder, William Willett (1857-1915), in the pamphlet "Waste of Daylight" (1907) that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September. As he was taking an early morning a ride through Petts Wood, near Croydon, Willett was struck by the fact that the blinds of nearby houses were closed, even though the sun was fully risen. When questioned as to why he didn't simply get up an hour earlier, Willett replied with typical British humor, "What?" In his pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" he wrote: "Everyone appreciates the long, light evenings. Everyone laments their shortage as Autumn approaches; and everyone has given utterance to regret that the clear, bright light of an early morning during Spring and Summer months is so seldom seen or used". It's Ben Franklin! Ban him to the shadow realm! :laugh: :pinch: :shifty: http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=SD=- Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 it changed!!! :bounce: And with that I must sleep, it's 3AM! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted April 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 4, 2004 bah, i hate springing forward... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar559 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 i want a cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 I hate windows xp it changes the clock for you without asking you if its done it right, thats one of the cool things in windows 9x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsnBehind Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 I hate windows xp it changes the clock for you without asking you if its done it right, thats one of the cool things in windows 9x Can't you just do it manually? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!ke Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 it didnt for medoes this mean in spring, the tv stations will pull a show off the air, and in fall they will air a show two times in a row? well i remember one year at least muchmusic had a "25 hour marathon" for fall back which was pritty cool. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar559 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 well i remember one year at least muchmusic had a "25 hour marathon" for fall back which was pritty cool. :D lol Canada is awesome i need to move out of the US :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted April 4, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 4, 2004 good man dazz. 98% of mine autoupdate :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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