so what will you use that extra hour for?



don't forget to set your clocks back an hour, fuckers!!!!!

CHIC0 said:

That's a bit creepy.

Extra hour of sleep! We are going to be out late tonight (for us at least) so the extra hour will come in very handy.

oh shit... that is tonight?

thanks for telling me. woulda been at church way too early tomorrow if i had not read this

cborgman said:

so an extra hour of confessions huh??
















whoa!

Number23 said:

u have Clock-a-phobia???

lovemachine said:

sleep???? suuuuure

SLEEEEEP

i just wrote one major midterm (i totally KILLED it tho! )

and i have another in a few hours


and i've lost sleep worrying about them
so imma makeup for it

well, my cable box will remind me.

CHIC0 said:

oh lawd, no. i haven''t confessed in a looooong time, since i was semi-catholic while in a catholic foster home.

at this point confession would encompass about 14 deliciously sinful and decadent years and take much much much longer than one hour... take at least a couple of days

am i the only one who finds these little 'time games' annoying? spring forward, fall back. turn your clock ahead, now, turn it back. and let's not forget leap year! be sure to adjust your calendars!

bah. why not use a calendar that WORKS.

XxAxX said:

since when do we gotta adjust the calendars for a leap year?
them things is usually recorded.

SammiJ said:

leap year http://www.answers.com/topic/leap-year
A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. Seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact number of days, so a calendar which had the same number of days in each year would over time drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected.

Leap years (which keep the calendar in sync with the year) should not be confused with leap seconds (which keep clock time in sync with the day).

Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar adds an extra day to February, making it 29 days long, in years where the quotient has no remainder when divided by 4, excluding years where the quotient has no remainder when divided by 100, but including years where the quotient has no remainder when divided by 400. So 1996, 2000, and 2400 are leap years but 1800, 1899, 1900 and 2100 are not.

The reasoning behind this rule is as follows:

The Gregorian calendar is designed to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21, so that the date of Easter (celebrated on the Sunday after the 14th day of the Moon that falls on or after 21 March) remains correct with respect to the vernal equinox.
The vernal equinox year is currently about 365.242375 days long.
The Gregorian leap year rule gives an average year length of 365.2425 days.
This difference of a little over 0.0001 days means that an error of a day will accumulate in around 8,000 years. But in 8,000 years' time the length of the vernal equinox year will have changed by an amount we can't accurately predict (see below). So the Gregorian leap year rule does a good enough job.

luv4u said:

pervert.

CHIC0 said:

Not me!

Cheek said:

Freespirit said:

damn zoners

Daylight Saving Time Facts (U.S.)
The Reason for Daylight Saving Time (DST)
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Date of Daylight Saving Time (DST):
Daylight Saving Time Begins:
2003: Sun Apr 6
2004: Sun Apr 4
2005: Sun Apr 2
2006: Sun Apr 1
New Date for Change in Daylight Saving Time Extended by the Energy Bill:
2007: Sun March 11
2008: Sun March 9
Daylight Saving Time Ends:
2003: Sun Oct 26
2004: Sun Oct 31
2005: Sun Oct 30
2006: Sun Oct 29
New Date for Change in Daylight Saving Time Extended by the Energy Bill:
2007: Sun Nov 4
2008: Sun Nov 2

Rule for determining date Daylight Saving Time Begins or Ends:
Daylight Saving Time begins on the first Sunday in April at 2 a.m.

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local time.
It returns to standard time on the last Sunday in October at 2 a.m. local time.
Starting in 2007, the United States will have new dates for Daylight Saving Time. It will be:
Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March at 2 a.m. local time.
It returns to standard time on the first Sunday in November at 2 a.m. local time.
What Happens When Daylight Saving Time Begins or Ends:
Clocks are turned an hour ahead in April and an hour back in October. Starting in 2007 clocks are turned an hour ahead in March and an hour back in November.


Daylight Saving Time Sayings, Acronyms, Pronunciation:
Spring Forward, Fall Back
Acronym for Daylight Saving Time is DST
Many people saying Daylight Savings Time but to be correct it is Daylight Saving Time (Saving is not plural).

Reason for Daylight Saving Time:


To make better use of daylight.
Conserve energy
Saves lives because people travel home in the light which is safer.
Can prevent crime because people do their errands in the daylight which is safer.
Contrary to popular belief, it was not created for farmers nor does it benefit farmers.
History of Daylight Saving Time:


First thought of by Benjamin Franklin in his 1784 essay, "An Economical Project".
On March 19, 1918, an Act to preserve daylight and provide standard time for the United States was enacted. Daylight Saving Time was set to begin on March 31, 1918 until the end of World War I.
It was repealed in 1919.
President Roosevelt instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time during World War II. He called it War Time and it lasted from 1942 to 1945.
Daylight Saving Time was not a law after 1945 and some locations still used it, which created difficulties for scheduling.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. It had Daylight Saving Time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October. States that wanted to be exempt had to pass a State law to do so.
During the energy crisis in the 1970's, President Nixon signed into law, the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973. This extended Daylight Saving Time to longer periods in an effort to save energy.
In 1986 it was amended to start Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April and kept it ending on the last Sunday in October.
April 2005 - Starting in April 2006 Indiana will join 47 other states in observing DST.
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed an energy bill that increased Daylight Saving Time from the second Sunday in March, to the first Sunday in November. (see pros and cons below)
Places in the U.S. and it's Territories That Do Not Participate in Daylight Savings Time:


Hawaii
Most of the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana (starting in 2006, Indiana will be observing DST)
The state of Arizona except for the Navajo Indian Reservation
American Samoa
Guam
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Also Associated With Daylight Saving Time:
Change the batteries in your smoke detectors in your home.

Pros and Cons of the Change in Daylight Saving Time in 2007


Pros:
Energy use will be curtailed.
Halloween trick or treaters will get more daylight.
Longer "synthetic sunshine".
Cons:
Daylight Saving Time may reek havoc on computers and electronics. Microsoft plans an upgrade for their operating systems but items such as DVD players and VCRs are programmed for the old dates and are not able to be upgraded.
Other countries (Canada specifically) feel compelled to change also because their economy is so integrated with the U.S.
Airlines are opposed to the changes because of scheduling International flights.
Farmers are opposed because of the impact on livestock.

shanti0608 said:

After all this time and yearly debates, it finally went through???

I'm going to a haunted house tonight because I have an extra hour to recover.

littlemissG said:

I would want to go.

unlucky7 said:

I have to work both nights this weekend, so I don't get to go anywhere.

What will I use the extra hour for????

TIME WARP!!!!...like on The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Anyone remembers that show?

Time is just a man made concept

They came up with this one extra hour but it's still not accurate
[Edited 10/29/05 21:17pm]

Actually, I don't - daylight savingz just started in Australia!! Long hot days ahead