Alles over Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use in Indiana | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2008-11-09 20:26:17
enbody writes "The Freakonomics Blog at NYTimes.com reports on a study of Indiana energy use for daylight savings time showing an increase in energy use of 1%. 'The dataset consists of more than 7 million observations on monthly billing data for the vast majority of households in southern Indiana for three years. Our main finding is that — contrary to the policy's intent — D.S.T. increases residential electricity demand.'" Maybe that's just from millions of coffee makers being pressed into extra duty.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Alles over Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2008-10-24 13:25:09
Wellington Grey writes "Daylight saving time almost upon us. The arguments about its possible benefits and drawbacks come up twice every year. Does it save energy or lives? Possibly, but it does definitely cause a great deal of inconvenience. My question is this: what do you think would be the best possible system to replace DST with? What is the best way for humans to deal with the inconsistent amount of light over the year and still foster coordination over disparate time zones?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Alles over Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2008-10-23 22:36:40
Wellington Grey writes "Daylight saving time is shortly upon us. The arguments about its possible benefits and drawbacks come up twice every year. Does it save energy or lives? Possibly but it does definitely cause a great deal of inconvenience. My ask slashdot question is this: what do you think would be the best possible system to replace DTS with? What is the best way for humans to deal with the inconsistent amount of light over the year and still foster coordination over disparate time zones?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Alles over Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2008-03-04 07:39:48
An anonymous reader writes "With the time approaching when we'll be changing our clocks again, the Wall Street Journal is running a timely article on a study done by a UC-Santa Barbara economics professor and a Ph.D. student. The study unambiguously concludes that Daylight Saving Time not only doesn't save any energy, it actually wastes energy and costs more. The study used energy company records from Indiana before and after that state mandated DST for all of its counties, and calculated that the switch cost Indiana citizens $8.6M per year. 'I've never had a paper with such a clear and unambiguous finding as this,' the professor said."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Alles over Microsoft & Daylight Savings Time in North America | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Neowin.net | 2007-11-05 10:11:26
Because this year, Daylight Savings Time starts three weeks earlier than normal, on March 11th, 2007, and it is ending one week later than usual, on November 4th, all software on your computer needs appropriate updates in order to have the correct time. Windows users with Automatic Updates configured for Windows Update already have the necessary update to ensure the date and time change is made correctly. There are, however, various other Microsoft programs that need to be updated as well. If you have noticed that one of your programs is not up to date, follow the links below to download the appropriate update. View: Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center Link: Microsoft Products Affected by Daylight Saving Time Read full story...
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Alles over Did Your Windows Mobile Device Updates for Daylight Saving Time? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-11-04 21:00:34
I expect that most of you got up this morning and saw this little message of your Mobile Device as soon as you turned it on. Some of you did the update when it first came out and others were reminded by gasusan the other day with her post: Is your calendar up to date? Ahh, its a great feeling to know that the software worked! For all my devices that were windows mobile, the message appeared and I knew I was ready. Some of them I had to apply the update and of course all those that had Windows Mobile 6, the change just happened as it was supposed to. So, Im happy. They all work and time continues to march on&But, my guess is there might well be one or two of you that had a device that you forgot to update with the DST patch. So, just in case you need it, just click on this link: Windows Mobile Updates for Daylight Saving Time and you can update your Windows Mobile powered devices for the new Daylight Saving Time.Share This Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MobilitySite/~3/179651728/ Jack Cook http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/235506
Alles over 11/4 Daylight Saving Time: Is your Windows Mobile device ready? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-09-28 04:49:22
Congress has changed the dates for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States starting in 2007. Canada has adopted similar DST dates. These changes could cause clocks and Microsoft Outlook calendar appointments on Windows Mobile powered devices to display incorrect times for March 11 - April 1, 2007 and October 28 - November 4, 2007 and again in subsequent years. Changes in Daylight Saving TimeDaylight Saving Time (DST) will now start three weeks earlier (2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March- March 11) and will end one week later (2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in November- November 4). Changes in DST will cause the following problems for Windows Mobile powered devices in the U.S. and Canada unless the updated detailed above are applied: (Impact between October 28, 2007 and November 4, 2007)The device has outdated DST rules and will not honor the new DST transition time. The result is that the clock reads one hour ahead of actual time during the extended DST period. Calendar items display one hour ahead of actual time during the extended DST period. To make sure your appointments on your Windows Mobile devices are accurate, youll need to update your device. If you regularly synchronize your device with your PC, youll need to update Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Outlook as well. Microsoft has some tools that will help you make these updates:2007 Time Zone Update for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Outlook Time Zone Update Tool Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update Tool for Windows Mobile Exchange Time Zone Data Update ToolNote: All users in the United States, Canada and Mexico should immediately install these updates. Users in other countries should install these updates if they travel to the United States, Canada and/or Mexico or if they make calendar appointments that include attendees that are based in the United States, Canada and/or Mexico. It is IMPORTANT to follow ALL steps below, COMPLETELY and IN ORDER. Follow only one set of instructions below, depending on if you synchronize your device to a PC:If you connect your device directly to a PC with a USB cable or cradle, follow the instructions for Windows Mobile users who connect to a PC to synchronize. If do not synchronize your device or phone with your PC or you only synchronize your phone or device wirelessly with a Microsoft Exchange Server or, other e-mail and calendar systems, follow the instructions for Windows Mobile users who do not connect to their PC.For Windows Mobile users who connect to a PCFirst make sure your PC is up-to-date. (see http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007 for more details)NOTE: Make sure you update all PCs that you may connect to your Windows Mobile device.For Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, the update has already been deployed using Automatic Updates and should be installed if you have Automatic Updates enabled. If you want to verify that it is installed, you can visit Windows Update and make sure all High Priority items are installed. For all products not currently in mainstream support, see KB 914387 for steps on manually updating your PC.First make sure to update your PC by installing the 2007 time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems; which can be found here. This will update the time zone definitions on your PC. If you use Microsoft Outlook to synchronize your calendar, download and run the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool which can be found here. If you do not use Microsoft Outlook, proceed to step 4.Check to make sure you have the latest version of ActiveSync, which is ActiveSync 4.5.Next, connect your Windows Mobile device to your PC, then download and run the Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update Tool for Windows Mobile which can be found here. Note: If your Windows Mobile powered device is using Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition you will need to follow the instructions for Windows Mobile users who do not connect to their PC.Important: Please perform the Additional Steps Required under Installation tips section below.For Windows Mobile users who do not connect to their PCFor users that do not connect to PCs, there is an update file (CAB) available to make this update. (Note: there are a number of ways to install a CAB file and below outlines a popular method). Also, Microsoft Exchange users should contact your system administrator to make sure your Exchange Server has been updated as well.Using the Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile browser on your device, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/ and download the Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update to your Windows Mobile device. This file will install the update directly on the device. On your device, navigate to the file you downloaded, and then click on it to install the update. If you are unable to download the link proceed to step 2.If you are unable to access the link in step 1 on your device, open Windows Internet Explorer on your PC and click here to start the download process. After downloading the file, attach it to an e-mail and send it to an account you can access on your device. On your device, open the e-mail and save the attached file; on some devices, you may need to synchronize your e-mail a second time to download the attached file. Then navigate to the file on your device and click on it to install the update. Important: please perform the Additional Steps Required under Installation tips section below.Note: After you install this update, your device may automatically restart to ensure that the update is complete. Installation tipsAdditional Steps Required On some Windows Mobile powered device the DST change may fail to initialize after applying the update. To ensure the DST update works properly on your device, the following steps should be taken:After installing the update, change your default time zone value to any different value:To change time zone settings on your Pocket PC Phone, tap Start > Settings > System tab > Clock & Alarms > Select a time zone from drop down for Home settings and save settings by tapping OK To change time zone settings on your Smartphone, click Start > Settings > Clock & Alarm > Date and Time > Select a time zone from drop down and save settings by clicking DoneChange your time zone back to your default settings:Follow the instructions in step 1 Note: your device will automatically return to the default local time zone if local network time is enabled on the device.Rapid succession of steps is importantRun the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool on your PC as soon as possible after the DST update is applied to all of your PCs. If meetings between March 11, 2007 and April 1, 2007 are scheduled after the DST files are installed but before the tool is run, meetings will erroneously be moved one hour earlier. To correct such calendar items, organizers should manually update such meetings to ensure they are scheduled accurately for themselves and all invitees. More information about Outlook Time Zone Update Tool is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667. All connected devices must be updatedEven if you correctly update your PC with the DST 2007 update, when you view your calendar from a non-updated mobile device running Windows Mobile, your meetings during the extended DST period will be shifted by one hour. Meetings created on your non-updated device will need to be updated on your PC by running the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool again. If some users have not updated their Outlook, it will affect other usersThe Outlook Time Zone Update Tool only updates meetings for which the user is the organizer, and then automatically sends updates for those meetings to attendees. Meetings that you are invited to but did not organize will not be updated until the organizer updates the meeting and sends you an update. Once the update is accepted, it will display at the proper time. Additionally, meetings created by a delegate on your behalf from an non-updated PC will need to be updated on your PC by running the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool again.What you can do to ease the transitionAll Windows Mobile powered device users affected by the time change should give extra attention to meetings and appointments scheduled between October 28 and November 4, 2007. View any appointments that fall into these date ranges as suspect until you communicate with all meeting invitees to make sure that the item shows up correctly on everyones calendar.Include the time of the meeting in the e-mail request so that invitees can double check the correct meeting time. Example: Project brainstorming - 11:00 a.m. Central Time. When in doubt, verify the correct time with the organizer.Prior to applying the DST updates, print out your weekly calendars for the affected time periods so that you can keep track of which meetings were scheduled before and after you run the tool.For more information and FAQ visit MicrosoftSource: MicrosoftShare This Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MobilitySite/~3/162251246/ gasusan2005 http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/226300
Alles over Boy Jailed over Daylight Saving Time Mix-up | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2007-04-18 23:25:52
Cory Webb, 15-year-old kid from Pittsburgh, spent a super-fun-happy 12 days in jail over something he had no control over: daylight saving time. He was arrested last month after calling into a school phone hotline. A non-related bomb threat was also called into the phone hotline one hour before Webb's call was made and the school officials assumed the caller ID had reflected the daylight saving time change (but it hadn't) and Webb's call was linked to the bomb threat. He was thrown in jail for 12 days before the mistake was realized. All of the charges have been dropped, but Webb will never get those 12 days of his life back (or be able to forget the soap-dropping experience). –Travis Hudson
Boy jailed over clock change mix-up [Via Gadget Lab]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/boy-jailed-over-daylight-saving-time-mix+up-253361.php
Alles over Daylight Savings Time Puts Kid in Jail for 12 Days | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2007-04-17 16:10:50
Jherek Carnelian writes "Cody Webb was jailed for calling in a bomb threat to his Hempstead Area high school (near Pittsburgh). He spent 12 days in lockup until the authorities realized that their caller-id log was off an hour because of the new Daylight Savings Time rules and that Cody had only called one hour prior to the actual bomb threat. Perhaps it took so long because of the principal's Catch-22 attitude about Cody's guilt — she said, 'Well, why should we believe you? You're a criminal. Criminals lie all the time.'"
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Alles over SANS reports Windows 2000, 2003, XP Daylight Savings Time issues | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2007-03-13 14:52:50
Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, MicrosoftInternet security watchdogs at the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center are reporting two unrelated issues with the DST changeover on Windows platforms.The first issue incolves isolated problems where clocks display incorrect times despite being patched for the new US Daylight Savings Time rules. Apparently the problem affects certain systems that were patched using directions from Microsoft the TZEdit.exe application or manual edits to the Registry. A patch is available from Microsoft here.The second involves certain applications that rely on the TZ environment variable. a patch for that is available here.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: http://feeds.downloadsquad.com/~r/weblogsinc/downloadsquad/~3/101357107/ Jay Savage http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/100932
Alles over Channel Slams Microsoft For Daylight Savings Time Snafu | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Neowin.net | 2007-03-12 22:01:02
As the IT industry enters the last two days before daylight savings time, many solution providers are scrambling to help customers avert major impacts from computer hardware and software that have yet to be updated to reflect the U.S. government's change in the starting date for daylight savings time -- and they are directing much of their anger at Microsoft because of it. "Unlike Y2K, this is not a bust," said Marc Harrison, a professional engineer at Silicon East, a Manalapan, N.J.-based solution provider. Daylight savings time, or DST, traditionally started on the first Sunday in April, but starting this year it has been moved by the government to the second Sunday in March as an energy-saving measure. Unfortunately, many computer systems and applications, which automatically update for DST based on the traditional timing, were not updated to reflect the new timing. Microsoft appears to be the main source of frustration because of the need to update the vast majority of its applications, with Windows Vista, ExchangeServer 2007, and SharePoint Services 3.0 being the main exceptions. Rex Frank, CTO of Alvaka Networks, an Irvine, Calif.-based MSP, said that while DST is a serious issue, many customers were lulled into a false sense of security because of their Y2K experience. View: The full story News source: CRN Read full story...
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Alles over Not Y2K, but Glitches Loom with '07 Daylight-Saving time | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Neowin.net | 2007-01-11 18:48:10
Sounding a little like the Y2K concerns at the turn of this century, the U.S. Congress's expansion of daylight-saving time, which moves the clock change from early April to March 11, may cause some VARs to lose a little sleep. The change will require patches for many software products, some which will require manual installations. But customers shouldn't expect VARs to be pushing such patches very hard."People will wait and see what will really happen because of Y2K," said Jim Locke, president of JWLocke and Associates, a VAR based in Pasadena, Calif. "Everybody shouted that the world was going to come to an end with Y2K, and of course it didn't." But in spite of the negative connotations that may automatically go along with the daylight-saving time issue, Locke believes that it will indeed be an issue, and one that will most likely be handled through remediation rather than proactive efforts. View: The full story News source: Channel Insider Read full story...
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Alles over Portable Spa Saves Time/Energy | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-07-21 02:25:57
For the frequent traveler or the compact yard, this portable spa could be the answer you are looking for. The makers insist that the portable spa is easy to set up (less than 30 mins.) and the relaxation of a spa can be quickly taken advantage of with this setup. Using a "simulated redwood" look and a portable concept, the spa can be taken on trips if you are an RV enthusiast or used in a smaller yard periodically.No tools needed, uses a 110 plug and only 9 amps, contains 127 powerful turbo microjets to massage your body and can fit from 4-6 people easily into them. I live in an area with many travelers and this seems to be a nice alternative for RVers or those that come to the area for only 4 months out of the year.With two options available, you can choose which portable spa is needed for your vacation home or elsewhere. Simply visit this site and choose the one that most fits your needs.Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TechieDivasGuideToGadgets/~3/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techiediva.com%2Fweblog%2F2006%2F07%2Fportable_spa_sa.html Cat http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/16973
