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If the display showed date, time and temperature, I would agree with you. But it's done with public money at the Mayor of New York's orders, and it only shows the date and nothing else. That makes me agree with "rlmorel" that there is the whiff of paternalism there. A caldendar display leaving out time and temperature is like a freeway bridge that constricts to two lanes. It's typical of government and not up to the job.

Interesting take. I admit that to an extent the absence of time and date for some reason makes me lean a little more towards your interpretation.

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Erps. Time and temperature, damminit. Can you tell it's been a loooong day?