Random Thoughts - Third Edition

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 08 Mar 2009, 22:41

Each individual estimating the time from the position of the sun or their personal internal clock doesn't work so well in modern society. So someone has to decide what time it is for everyone.

Borsuc · Unread postby **Borsuc** » 09 Mar 2009, 00:09

Yeah we know, the Sun is just a hoax.

Kristo · Unread postby **Kristo** » 09 Mar 2009, 01:24

Ethric wrote:Each individual estimating the time from the position of the sun or their personal internal clock doesn't work so well in modern society. So someone has to decide what time it is for everyone.

Yes, and somebody already did that. It's called UTC. Time zones are fine but Daylight Savings (it doesn't) is just dumb.

Asheera · Unread postby **Asheera** » 09 Mar 2009, 01:58

Daylight savings are annoying since I have to re-adjust all the clocks

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 09 Mar 2009, 08:56

You need to invest in auto-adjusting clocks...

Also, daylight savings was made to save people money on candles... i wonder if today it actually does anything (though i guess until we get almost free energy it should still be cost effective)...

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 09 Mar 2009, 12:46

Nowadays we're mostly using international standards anyway, aren't we... CET, GMT, EST... I think daylight savings time still plays a role in the world of business, but mostly, we could do without it...

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 09 Mar 2009, 15:14

Kristo wrote:
Ethric wrote:Each individual estimating the time from the position of the sun or their personal internal clock doesn't work so well in modern society. So someone has to decide what time it is for everyone.
Yes, and somebody already did that. It's called UTC. Time zones are fine but Daylight Savings (it doesn't) is just dumb.

There I agree, I was just poking at the percieved disgust so common in Americans at the concept of a government that thinks it can decide things for you

Borsuc · Unread postby **Borsuc** » 09 Mar 2009, 16:13

ThunderTitan wrote:You need to invest in auto-adjusting clocks...

Those aren't clocks, those are electronic calendars.

ThunderTitan wrote:Also, daylight savings was made to save people money on candles... i wonder if today it actually does anything (though i guess until we get almost free energy it should still be cost effective)...

How can it be called free or abundant when it costs? Air doesn't cost because it's abundant, but energy?

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 10 Mar 2009, 09:21

Well even if we can produce energy for no cost there will be a cost in maintaining the equipment and the cables that bring it to your home... and air doesn't cost anything because no one can stop you from getting it and you can't live more then 3-5 min without it...

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 11 Mar 2009, 12:43

Well, I'm back from the hospital. Surgery went well yesterday. Phew!

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 11 Mar 2009, 14:13

I'm going to hospital today. Don't know what I'll be doing.

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 11 Mar 2009, 16:18

Try not to get anestethized below the waist.

Panda Tar · Unread postby **Panda Tar** » 11 Mar 2009, 16:48

theLuckyDragon wrote:Well, I'm back from the hospital. Surgery went well yesterday. Phew!

Er, what the heck did you do again?

Ethric · Unread postby **Ethric** » 11 Mar 2009, 20:06

Kalah wrote:I'm going to hospital today. Don't know what I'll be doing.

Do you have a mysterious illness? Or are you going to gloat at the sick people?

Milla aka. the Slayer · Unread postby **Milla aka. the Slayer** » 11 Mar 2009, 22:01

No no, you're mistakin him for TT

Lord Lakely · Unread postby **Lord Lakely** » 11 Mar 2009, 22:16

Milla aka. the Slayer wrote:No no, you're mistakin him for TT

Touché

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 11 Mar 2009, 22:28

My feet hurt. Don't know why. Neither do the doctors.

darknessfood · Unread postby **darknessfood** » 11 Mar 2009, 23:12

Probably your weight Kalah. Those home made goodness aren't good for your body you know

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[T]osHiro · Unread postby **[T]osHiro** » 12 Mar 2009, 05:45

Remember the assignment I complaint earlier, well it is done now and we manage to submit it quite early before the due time.

Me and my group were adding the finishing touches on our project yesterday, waiting for that lame member to submit his last 2 reports. When we got it, we did review and were impressed of the 7 pages reports. Then we noticed something.

Usually it is a habit of all our classmates to "share" our project, exchanging tips and references, normal stuff. Then my group notice that the guy who did our last reports had too many references on another groups project. We did a comparison and found the structure, everything in the report is exactly the same as the other group, although only some vocabulary changes, it is still poorly done. Plagiarism. The lamest attempt someone should do for a work.

Somehow, this guy seem to pull off almost everything you hate from a group member. MIA during group meetings is fine, then he endlessly bug us about his report we gave him, asking us weird questions which he should ask the lecturer in the first place. Why can't do that, cuz he's not even in class. Then the poor effort in doing the reports, making me modify 50% of his work, and I don't take credit from him. Now he plagiarize at the day before submission, giving us no time to re-write it, and claims he got all the references from Uncle Wikipedia.

We were quiet, submit the work he has done, hopefully the lecturer will spot it. In the meantime, we should make an award for him, being able to pull off every trick you shouldn't do in group assignments.

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 12 Mar 2009, 07:07

Panda Tar wrote:
theLuckyDragon wrote:Well, I'm back from the hospital. Surgery went well yesterday. Phew!
Er, what the heck did you do again?

The operation I had two years ago didn't heal well and they had to fix it...

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