Friday, March 14, 2008
Efficiency Risk and the Notion of Better
Tonight, SciBarCamp begins, and in one sense I consider myself unprepared. Of course, since the planning for Saturday and Sunday happens tonight, we could all be woefully unprepared. But the unpreparedness is largely the lack of formal materials. What I'm going to bring forward is this very topic, and that is something I've been exploring for over two years.
Efficiency Risk.
Those of you who have already searched on the term will quickly find that this term appears mainly in two ways. The first is where the two words are separated by punctuation, and they are not together as a pair. I have yet to find a good way to eliminate those results from the searches. The second use appears to be a reference to 'the risk of missing out on efficiency'.
That's not it either.
MORE...Sunday, March 04, 2007
The Cost Of Saving Daylight
We've all lived with one set of Daylight Saving Time rules since about 1986. For the last twenty years it's been "First Sunday in April" and "last Sunday in October". Now, with thanks apparently due to a U.S. Congress that felt the need to 'do something', all the rest of us have to do something with our clocks.
First, though - this only matters if you actually need to worry about what time of day it is. If your lifestyle is one that doesn't revolve around a clock, then count yourself lucky and go back to your nap. Rise with the sun, and go about your day.
For the rest of us, the new rule is "second Sunday in March" and "first Sunday in November". Sunday, March 11 will be the first time this new rule is used. The usual Daylight Savings changes apply - adjust the clocks, reset your watch. As you have probably noticed by now, many more devices now come with a clock built in. Our kitchen sports no less than seven clocks.
With the new rules, there are some new adjustments. I'll run
through some of the simpler changes first, then save the big ones
for the end.
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