http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/gregorian-misery/ Conceptual meandering Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:15:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/gregorian-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-682 johan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:49:36 +0000 http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/?p=541#comment-682 ... or software engineering could just finally grow up. … or software engineering could just finally grow up.

]]> http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/gregorian-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-671 johan Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:45:50 +0000 http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/?p=541#comment-671 The Gregorian system is more difficult to describe, hence inelegant (for a man-made formal system that pretends to be precise and universal). Also, many people spend most of their working hours indoors. They ought to be able to appreciate it if those hours coincide less well with sunlight! The Gregorian system is more difficult to describe, hence inelegant (for a man-made formal system that pretends to be precise and universal).
Also, many people spend most of their working hours indoors. They ought to be able to appreciate it if those hours coincide less well with sunlight!

]]> http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/gregorian-misery/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Christian Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:03:01 +0000 http://www.monomorphic.org/wordpress/?p=541#comment-670 DST is a nice system for people who care about sunlight more than about billions wasted on software engineering. Obviously we could just change our rhythm of life (and thus working hours) based on the sun instead but two "global" shifts a year seem more efficient than millions of local ones. The calendar may be flawed, but changing a 500 year old tradition because 50 year old technology cannot deal with it? ;-) DST is a nice system for people who care about sunlight more than about billions wasted on software engineering. Obviously we could just change our rhythm of life (and thus working hours) based on the sun instead but two “global” shifts a year seem more efficient than millions of local ones.
The calendar may be flawed, but changing a 500 year old tradition because 50 year old technology cannot deal with it?

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