New Daylight saving time = Comptuers Screwed

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/08/08/extra_daylight_savings_may_confuse_the_gadgets/

The amount of legacy devices and operating system that won't be updated is going to spell bad news for people.

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Newer VCRs and DVD recorders have built-in calendars to automatically adjust for daylight time. Users would have to override them. Computers with Windows operating systems would need to obtain updates. Though most affected applications would probably be taken care of by the Microsoft fix, calendar systems will need to be checked.

I don't expect them to backport that change to Win9x or Win2000.

stupid idea on bush's part

But we will save electricity?//111onoene332

Saving electricity is a misnomer nowadays. You still get up and go to work, just an hour early. Everything is just pushed back.

Wow, this is a great idea... just not in today's world.

Congress should have tacked on a rider so Bush would have to veto. Like giving a trillion dollars to a horse in Nebraska.

Recently on Capitol Hill, President Bush was instrumental in pushing forward a bill to scientifically alter the time of the day using tax dollars. Bush was quoted as saying "Well, your taxes need to go somewhere that isn't in any way useful, like public services or some other useful deed." Bush's next plan is to introduce a new 24 month calender with days that are twice as long, to further increaser working hours of people that make energy usable, but mostly because they can. All part of Bush/Cheney 2005 Energy Plan.