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Re: JPMorgan Chase to strengthen offshoring to India

From: James J. Gavan <jgavandeletethis_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:15:03 GMT
Message-ID: <rRGnf.105605$Eq5.95992@pd7tw1no>


Oliver Wong wrote:
> "Howard Brazee" <howard_at_brazee.net> wrote in message
> news:06rtp11thge1m7hun83r04trmmigpba77u_at_4ax.com...
>

>>As a programmer, there is something I would rather have than a world
>>wide metric system - and that's a world wide time system.   Let's all
>>go to Zulu time.
>>
>>But there are people who can't imagine it being "noon" in the middle
>>of the night - it just isn't natural nor part of God's plan!

>
>
> Agreed. The sooner as we rid this silly notion that time depends on the
> Earth's spin and position, the better. There is currently too much confusion
> synchronizing events between people in different time zones.
>
> "5 o'clock, next Sunday? My time zone or yours? Yours? Okay, do you have
> daylight savings or anything funky going on over there? You do? Well, when
> does it end? This Tuesday? Okay, so are you moving ahead one hour or back
> one hour? No, I mean, if you didn't have daylight savings, would the 5
> o'clock become 6 o'clock or 7 o'clock? No, it's no good here either, because
> my daylight ends tomorrow. I'm moving ahead. Yes, 1 hour ahead. No, as in it
> used to be noon, now it's 1. What?"
>
> - Oliver

And if you live in Newfoundland ? :-) Received on Tue Dec 13 2005 - 15:15:03 CST

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