[geeks] Now for something completely geek

[der Mouse]

>>> Even in the military a lot of people refuse to use zulu time.
>> But is that because of anything inherent to it, or because they have
>> to also live in a world that tries to be within an hour or two of
>> matching up local solar noon with 12:00?  I suspect it's the latter.
> No, I am talking about cases where they really are supposed to be
> using zulu, mostly aboard ships at sea.

But they still live, at other times in their life, on
approximately-solar time, and are accustomed to that.  If they were to
live long periods - multiple years - on fixed time, that would be a
fairer comparison.

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