Peter T. Daniels wrote (23-02-2010 04:32): > On Feb 22, 10:55 pm, "Brian M. Scott"<b.sc...@csuohio.edu> wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:37:43 +0800, Robert Bannister >> <robb...@bigpond.com> wrote in >> <news:7ugpr7Fll6U1@mid.individual.net> in >> sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: >> >>> Brian M. Scott wrote: >>>> R H Draney wrote: >>>> [...] >>>>> If you want a crank, find the person who came up with >>>>> Daylight Saving Time.... >>>>> Then find his successor who decided that DST should apply >>>>> for more of the year than "Standard" time....r >>>> I like DST; my only objection is that we don't have it all >>>> year round. >>> I think you should go and live in Inverness until you >>> change your mind. >> >> I can't imagine why you think that I'd change my mind. As >> far as I'm concerned, DST has no disadvantages at any time >> of year in any climate at any latitude. In winter at higher >> latitudes its advantages are minimal, but it still has no >> disadvantages. I couldn't care less how dark it is in the >> morning; it's in the afternoon and evening that I want the >> benefit of as much daylight as possible. > > The point is that the kiddies shouldn't go off to school in the dark.
