Regardless of all points taken in this discussion think a moment of the humor of the whole thing, please. The repair for Linux is one file that is not even an executable. For my case it's the usr share file: "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles"
Now think of what this will probably mean for all the "high powered" Windows 2003 servers out there that the "smart IT managers" have installed on their huge server farms. I bet it requires them all to be rebooted for this one wee tiny fix. I just gotta snort with laughter.
(And for what it is worth - why not simply adopt DST all year long? And of course, the way to do that is leave noon for a time zone with the Sun within a half hour of the zenith position and let the schools or work places shift their start times and stop times. But, that's too logical.)
{^_-} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Callahan, Michael" MichaelCallahan@templeinland.com
Point taken; I intended to keep out of it, but I found it impossible to be silent on that last remark. You're right, this has gotten way off topic. This thread should end.
-----Original Message----- From: Ian Malone [mailto:ibm21@cam.ac.uk]
Callahan, Michael wrote:
Let's say that those whom you "understand" got their own country (or countries) and had achieved all of their political and social aims. What would that world be like? I would like to understand your understanding of these people.
If you had to live there or in America, what would be your choice, and
why?
And, more importantly for our purposes, what would be their needs wrt FC5?
(and is any one else finding this tedious?)
-- imalone