Interesting Links for 28-10-2011
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andrewducker- French government 'banning vegetarianism' in school canteens
- Wheat is EVIL. Apparently.
- Samuel L. Jackson Is the highest-grossing actor of all time.
- Sentencing laws: Mandatory life and public protection. A difficult balancing act
- Livejournal apparently having massive privacy/security issues right now.
- An explanation of the latest Livejournal security/privacy mess.
- Ex-Prime Minster's claim £1.7million for "public duties".
- Company makes children's toys out of their own drawings. Almost offensively cute.
- Google's latest response on pseudonyms on G+
- Google+ is now available with Google Apps (migration tool coming soon)
migration - Samsung overtakes Apple in smartphone sales. We'll see how they are once the 4S figures come in.
- How the new public sector pensions will work
- UK clocks change trial being considered - moving us onto Central European Time.
- Google Denies Requests To Remove Videos of Police Brutality
- Wired Readers Suggest The Greatest Geek Books of All Time. They are clearly old.
- Directors' pay rose 50% in past year.
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Date: 2011-10-28 02:17 pm (UTC)In some ways yes. If we decide that pushing darkness back to later in the evening doesn't save lives/money then absolutely. But if we're doing that then having schools, business,etc. all doing it together is useful - because otherwise everyone's childcare arrangement go out the window (for a start). If Bobby's school changes hours, but Sheila's doesn't, and your work does, then dropping the kids off and making it to work on time becomes a nightmare.
Your suggestion now sounds like it's _actually_ doing daylight savings, but displaying the time in UTC. Which is doable - but it basically means that we're still doing DST, but everyone spends a couple of weeks being confused because all of their things are now connected to different numbers than they're used to. This strikes me as more confusing then just getting up an hour earlier/later twice a year.
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Date: 2011-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-28 04:54 pm (UTC)Unless Scotland goes independent it seems unlikely that they'd put it on a different timezone than the rest of the UK. But if it does, all bets are off.
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Date: 2011-10-28 05:36 pm (UTC)This is more a solution to the problem if the UK remains united – we can give the English and the Scottish what they want without having to have two different time zones, if you see what I mean.
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Date: 2011-10-28 05:46 pm (UTC)I'm not sure how your solution gives the English and Scottish both what they want?
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Date: 2011-10-28 05:58 pm (UTC)(Not trying to patronise, but curious as to which part you don't get?)
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Date: 2011-10-28 06:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-28 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-28 06:34 pm (UTC)I'm not actually convinced that a majority in either country want a specific timezone - but I haven't seen any opinion polls on it.
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Date: 2011-10-28 06:37 pm (UTC)If that's not true, then it means that the Scots and the English both get what they want because they're not disagreeing on the matter! :D
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Date: 2011-10-28 06:39 pm (UTC)Until I start seeing stuff that says "67% of Britons want to live on Paris time." I'll be taking it with a pinch of salt.
Happy to try it out as an experiment, of course. If we try it for three years and love it then great!
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Date: 2011-10-28 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-28 06:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-28 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 09:25 am (UTC)GMT. Not just a curiosity.