Mike, On Saturday 17 September 2005 10:42, Mike Grello wrote:
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So, my microwave or VCR will somehow notice the change? The *embedded* (remember embedded) processors in my cities traffic control system, etc. will automatically notice the difference? That is why it is like Y2K; computers aren't the only things that use "computers". Some of those "computers", embedded and hardwired, use Linux. The cost to replace those chips were pretty significant in 2000, now just 7 years later we have to do it again, and *for no reason*.
God. Get a clue. And modern electronics, for cryin' out loud. Any recent VCR sets its internal clock from time signals in the broadcasts it receives. In mine, a Sony, the signals even survive the cable box _and_ the TiVo. And why in the world does your microwave oven need to know what time it is? And even if it does, you still have to change many of the timepieces in your abode, do you not? Those connected to outside information sources (computers, media devices) if they're worth half what you paid for them, will adjust themselves. The rest are up to you. Given how irate you are about this, clearly you're aware of the DST changes. If you're setting too many clocks, you've got too many clocks.
oh, Cheers!
Can't you find something real to be peeved about? Randall Schulz