Daylight Savings Time - Page 3

evilbutterfly · 10-31-2005, 11:54 PM

People, quit pulling origins out of your asses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_savings#Origin

It's only around because people tend to like operating in daylight hours, so the clocks are adjusted so that if we retain the same schedules we will end up being awake for more hours of daylight. Of course, this is an outdated practice and I agree with Guido that it's retarded nowadays. It was a good idea back in the day because it saved money on candles/electricity and stuff, but these we have streetlights that come on as soon as it's dark, regardless of what the clock says, so we don't seem to care about saving money on lighting.

red-X0 · 11-1-2005, 07:55 AM

funny enough it was late and i was tired, i forgot to set my clock back so when i got up it was 7am to me but it was 6am W00T watch some cartoons while im up

Fungishroom · 11-1-2005, 04:55 PM

Perhaps it was created so that people in the winter don't have to drive home in the dark in the snow on ice and crap like that. So with Daylight Savings Time they get out of work when the sun is still out a little.
Just a theory.

Afrobean · 11-1-2005, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Fungishroom

Perhaps it was created so that people in the winter don't have to drive home in the dark in the snow on ice and crap like that. So with Daylight Savings Time they get out of work when the sun is still out a little.
Just a theory.

You're wrong. It is exactly what eb said above.

ForeverDark · 11-1-2005, 08:51 PM

I probably use that hour to sleep because I'm been missing a lot

Delita77 · 11-1-2005, 08:52 PM

I live in Sask... the only thing that changes is the time of our TV shows :P

evilbutterfly · 11-1-2005, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by I, apparently preemptively,

People, quit pulling origins out of your asses.

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Originally Posted by Some idiot that doesn't even realize that DST was invented before cars

Perhaps it was created so that people in the winter don't have to drive home in the dark in the snow on ice and crap like that. So with Daylight Savings Time they get out of work when the sun is still out a little.

I find this quite amusing.

banditcom · 11-3-2005, 07:50 AM

I don't see how anyone could be confused by DST. But, this is FFR. I guess there are morons who would rather have an hours worth of daylight at 5 am instead of 9 pm. 'grats, you're a retard.

10-31-2005, 11:54 PM	#41
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 39 Posts: 5,784	RE: Re: RE: Daylight Savings Time People, quit pulling origins out of your asses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_savings#Origin It's only around because people tend to like operating in daylight hours, so the clocks are adjusted so that if we retain the same schedules we will end up being awake for more hours of daylight. Of course, this is an outdated practice and I agree with Guido that it's retarded nowadays. It was a good idea back in the day because it saved money on candles/electricity and stuff, but these we have streetlights that come on as soon as it's dark, regardless of what the clock says, so we don't seem to care about saving money on lighting. __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

11-1-2005, 04:55 PM	#43
Fungishroom FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 55	Perhaps it was created so that people in the winter don't have to drive home in the dark in the snow on ice and crap like that. So with Daylight Savings Time they get out of work when the sun is still out a little. Just a theory. __________________ Life, is a prophesy

11-1-2005, 08:51 PM	#45
ForeverDark FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 5	RE: Daylight Savings Time I probably use that hour to sleep because I'm been missing a lot __________________

11-1-2005, 08:52 PM	#46
Delita77 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada... You know ABOVE the U.S Posts: 180	RE: Daylight Savings Time I live in Sask... the only thing that changes is the time of our TV shows :P

11-3-2005, 07:50 AM	#48
banditcom FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Willimantic, CT Age: 43 Posts: 6,243	RE: Daylight Savings Time I don't see how anyone could be confused by DST. But, this is FFR. I guess there are morons who would rather have an hours worth of daylight at 5 am instead of 9 pm. 'grats, you're a retard.

11-1-2005, 07:55 AM	#42
red-X0 FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: land of X next to uk Posts: 9	funny enough it was late and i was tired, i forgot to set my clock back so when i got up it was 7am to me but it was 6am W00T watch some cartoons while im up

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