[geeks] Now for something completely geek
Jonathan C. Patschke
jp at celestrion.net
Tue Aug 22 17:52:27 CDT 2006
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Dan Duncan wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>> Farmers complain the time change adversely affects livestock,
>> especially dairy cows, disrupting milking schedules.
>>
>> Because cows wear wristwtches, of course.
>
> Cows expect to be milked at a particular time each day. When you
> disrupt their schedules, it reduces milk production.
Erm, yes, but presumably this happens in the status quo, as we already
spend a portion of the year with our clocks all wrong. Moving the dates
that we arbitraily decide to move our clocks on and off the correct time
can't affect any of this in any way.
--
Jonathan Patschke ) "A man who never dreams goes slowly mad."
Elgin, TX ( --Thomas Dolby, "Valley of the Mind's Eye"
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