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For those who may not have software installed to change computer clock, and for anybody wishing to learn about the history and science of time, go to http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/There are all kinds of goodies here, including if you want it a free program for setting computer clock, and updating it prn. If you don't do anything else, in left hand column, click on A Walk Through Time. Sensationally interesting.
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great site, Bill, thanks!! my Dad has several "atomic" clocks(including his wristwatch) that keep perfect time with each other. they have a radio connection to the time server at NIST. 
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Big brother knows when you are.
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There are two time changes per annum under the instant regime: the good one and the evil one. The good one, which comes in the fall, allows a person to live the same hour twice and, more importantly, to sleep an extra hour in one night. The evil one reverses the process, obliterating all that was good about the good one and inflicting a spring penalty on those who enjoyed the benefit the previous fall. There is a Zoroastrian quality to this equipoised duality of good and evil.
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Ah, somebody who feels exactly like I do. Very well put FS.
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yeah. especially that Zorro bit...
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...that Zorro bit...
"Zoroastrianism is one of two remaining dualist religions (the other being Manicheans). At the center of Zoroastrian belief is a Duality of conflicting forces- Ahura-Mazda (Ormahzd), the supreme entity and the force of good, versus Ahriman, the force of evil and darkness. These forces are locked in a constant struggle, but good, as always, is expected to prevail."
"Zoroastrians believe that time is divided into three ages, those of creation, the current era of good and evil, and the coming era, when Ahura-Mazda will triumph, evildoers will be punished, and the good will go to heaven."
Thus, one assumes, there will be no Daylight Savings Time, once Ahura-Mazda has triumphed and the coming age is entered.
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An Egyptian astronomical device that enabled them to orient buildings accurately. Scroll to bottom for a picture. Maybe your vision is good enough to get more from the picture than I could. http://www.du.edu/~jdoherty/merkhet.htmAs time went by, people devised portable aids to star watching that have survived for us to examine. Egyptians invented the merkhet, which was used by two observers facing one another. Each one held a merkhet, and they sat lined up so that one could see the north star just above the other's head. The second person then sat very still as the first one watched and recorded when stars passed by the top of the other's head, by his ear, shoulder, etc. In this way, astronomical positions were recorded so people could predict how the stars moved. P.S. Dear etaoin: I can't understand the description of how the merkhets were used. If you can understand it, please post about it.
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