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Grex Agora41 Item 294: It's summer already, damn it!
Entered by ric on Fri Jun 21 14:29:55 UTC 2002:

Summer began over an hour ago at 9:24 A.M.

Why are we still in the spring agora?  C'mon staffers, get with it!

12 responses total.

#1 of 12 by remmers on Fri Jun 21 14:35:04 2002:

Damn straight!  Anal-retentives of the world, unite!!

#2 of 12 by micklpkl on Fri Jun 21 15:01:05 2002:

9:24 A.M. where? This U.S. Eastern Time Zone bias gets very tiring.

#3 of 12 by jep on Fri Jun 21 15:08:21 2002:

Doesn't the summer solstice have to do with the position of the Earth 
relative to the Sun, rather than time zones?

Walter's late.  No question about it.  If he weren't a terrific cfadm, 
we might have to think about chiding him mildly for this 
transgression.  Instead, based on his outstanding performance, I think 
we should give him a 15% raise.

#4 of 12 by micklpkl on Fri Jun 21 15:39:18 2002:

yes, jep, and resp:2 was mostly tongue-in-cheek. Celestial events such as
this would be better represented in universal time (UT).

#5 of 12 by brighn on Fri Jun 21 15:51:10 2002:

I've noticed the situtation has still not been rectified, forcing me to read
Bruce's nonsense on religion (no, I *won't* take responsibility for my own
actions, I'm a Godless heathen!).
 
I'm very disgusted with Grex Admin now and demand a full written apology.

Or one of Jamie's brownies.

#6 of 12 by jep on Fri Jun 21 16:36:25 2002:

re #4: Except that I really was unclear about the definition of the
solstice, my response was intended to be pretty light as well.  Man, I
wish someone would invent the smiley face so we can communicate
non-verbally.

Oh, wait, that's been done, but I just hate using the things.  Some days
you just can't win.

#7 of 12 by orinoco on Fri Jun 21 21:45:20 2002:

I'm highly pleased with Grex Admin, but I demand someone give me a brownie
anyway.

#8 of 12 by oval on Fri Jun 21 21:47:18 2002:

seems like it usually gets turned over in the evening, regardless of official
season changing time.

#9 of 12 by brighn on Fri Jun 21 22:04:37 2002:

Actually, it usually gets done in a daror two or three, whenever someone in
the admin gets around to it. Which is fine, I'm just playing.

#10 of 12 by ric on Sat Jun 22 01:20:25 2002:

Screw universal time.  The only time zone that matters is Eastern Standard
Time.  The worlds most powerful government is located there, and so am I, and
so is Grex. :)

#11 of 12 by gull on Sat Jun 22 16:43:07 2002:

Actually, part of the time the world's most powerful government is in
Eastern Daylight Time...

#12 of 12 by carson on Sat Jun 22 17:39:09 2002:

(heh.)

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