"And I'm not talking about unhappy cows or other animals who don't understand the time change and don't understand that the milkmaid is going to milk them at a different time."
Do the milkmaids just refuse to get up if the clock is showing the wrong time or something? Surely farmers need to do work when the animals need it, not because of what the clock reads. Is it really that much of a hardship to go to work at 8am-4pm during the summer instead of going to work from 9am-5pm but redefining the time? You're getting up an hour earlier either way!
Some politicians have cited changing our clocks so they match European working hours. How about we take this a step further and have a single universal time across the entire planet (like the Swatch time or something). 12 oclock happens when the sun is directly over some particular point in the planet, and everyone takes that as their reference, getting up at a time that suits them. Simple, non-confusing, cost effective. It just happens that only people who live at the reference point work from 9am-5pm (and puts people who write clock changing software out of work).
The whole concept of changing your clocks strikes me as the worst possible solution. Plus it makes sundials wrong.
The anaemia thing has been a massive medical issue for me, and it is very difficult to get it taken seriously. I urge all men reading this to support your girlfriend in this. Back her up, she's going to need it.
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pete stevens (from livejournal.com)2011-02-10 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Makes the A level choice for people who want to study sciences pretty quick and easy.
I found the Oxbridge entrance vs subjects taught article fascinating.
From a purely Machiavellian, 'Tiger Mum/Dad' point of view, I can see the list of preferred A level subjects at Trinity being used a guidebook for 'encouraged subjects' by some parents.
I spoke to dalglivk about it and she was able to rattle off the most preferred subjects without even seeing the article.
The preferred subjects list seems to be much the same as it's been for quite some time, Maths + 2 other sciences to study a science is normal in my opinion. If your school has not brought this to pupils attention and let them do unlisted subjects then it's the schools (and pupils) fault not the universities and changes should be made at school level not at universities. The current trend to bash the top universities for expecting standards is ridiculous. Private schools prepare their pupils for top level university study - if I was a fee paying parent I would expect that as a matter of course. Some schools are bad, some are good - ranting in the media about preferencial treatment does not help this. Improving bad comprehensives is a large task that may never bear fruit.
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Do the milkmaids just refuse to get up if the clock is showing the wrong time or something? Surely farmers need to do work when the animals need it, not because of what the clock reads. Is it really that much of a hardship to go to work at 8am-4pm during the summer instead of going to work from 9am-5pm but redefining the time? You're getting up an hour earlier either way!
Some politicians have cited changing our clocks so they match European working hours. How about we take this a step further and have a single universal time across the entire planet (like the Swatch time or something). 12 oclock happens when the sun is directly over some particular point in the planet, and everyone takes that as their reference, getting up at a time that suits them. Simple, non-confusing, cost effective. It just happens that only people who live at the reference point work from 9am-5pm (and puts people who write clock changing software out of work).
The whole concept of changing your clocks strikes me as the worst possible solution. Plus it makes sundials wrong.
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Shocking but not surprising.
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AAARGH! BAD WRONG. 'Saving' SINGULAR.
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From a purely Machiavellian, 'Tiger Mum/Dad' point of view, I can see the list of preferred A level subjects at Trinity being used a guidebook for 'encouraged subjects' by some parents.
I spoke to dalglivk about it and she was able to rattle off the most preferred subjects without even seeing the article.
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If your school has not brought this to pupils attention and let them do unlisted subjects then it's the schools (and pupils) fault not the universities and changes should be made at school level not at universities.
The current trend to bash the top universities for expecting standards is ridiculous. Private schools prepare their pupils for top level university study - if I was a fee paying parent I would expect that as a matter of course.
Some schools are bad, some are good - ranting in the media about preferencial treatment does not help this. Improving bad comprehensives is a large task that may never bear fruit.
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Original Reg article that led me to the full report: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/15/royal_society_report/
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