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To: snarkpup

Move the time 1/2 hour, then leave it alone!


9 posted on 02/06/2007 11:50:07 AM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome

How about recognize the clock is based on physical astronomical positioning - and leave it alone!


20 posted on 02/06/2007 11:54:06 AM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: dynachrome
Move the time 1/2 hour, then leave it alone!

Just go forward an hour and leave it there. Pick a time, stick with it. It's all relative anyway.

33 posted on 02/06/2007 12:02:28 PM PST by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: dynachrome

Back when Amelia Earhart was flying around the world, the island she was trying to land on (Howland Island) was on a 1/2 hour shifted clock. The Navy ship a few miles off Howland was using a clock referenced to Hawaii time and was on an hour shift. (Ship time was 1100, island time 1130). I forget what clock Earhart was using.

The ship had higher freq. communications and would attempt to contact Earhart at 15 min. and 45 min. past the hour, while the island had low freq. communications and would try contacts at the hour and half hour.

Earhart had to switch between the frequencies at the proper times, plus trying to use a tracking beacon frequency..

They figure the misscomunication of the time was one of the numerous problems that led to Earhart missing Howland Island. Based on the Earhart investigation everything military and shipping, etc. went over to GMT.


69 posted on 02/06/2007 12:21:04 PM PST by geopyg (Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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To: dynachrome

--Move the time 1/2 hour, then leave it alone!--

Each town should be able to set their own time - just like it was done by our founding fathers ...


73 posted on 02/06/2007 12:22:33 PM PST by UpAllNight
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To: dynachrome

LOL!


111 posted on 02/06/2007 12:38:50 PM PST by toldyou
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