Notam question

[spacesailor]

" Queens " .

A  female cat that's desexed , before having kittens is called a ,

QUEEN 

really,  google it ! .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

I believe you. More important to BEES. Nev

[Bosi72]

2 hours ago, spacesailor said:

But why is it 'Mean '

Is that meridian marked on the floor 0deg West or 0deg East ?

[Garfly]

Anyway, if we reckon we're hardly done by, having to manage multiple time zones,

imagine being a programmer writing time-related code that'll work for the whole world:

 

 

[RFguy]

Garfly, writing time related code is easy. we all write for UTC with offsets, or number of nano seconds  since 1st of January 1980, and a few other derivatives

HOWEVER

what is difficult is dealing with changes of time in and out of daylight saving, as skipping time might skip important scheduled events, or the other way, might run them twice.

Edited April 11, 2023 by RFguy

[Garfly]

4 minutes ago, RFguy said:

Garfly, writing time related code is easy. we all write for UTC with offsets, or time since 1st of January 1980, and a few other derivatives

HOWEVER

what is difficult is dealing with changes of time in and out of daylight saving, as skipping time might skip important scheduled events, or the other way, might run them twice.

 

Yeah, that guy was surely exaggerating a bit, but, for all that ... a pretty funny - and relatable -  rave of everyday exasperation.   LOL

[aro]

2 hours ago, RFguy said:

Garfly, writing time related code is easy. we all write for UTC with offsets, or number of nano seconds  since 1st of January 1980, and a few other derivatives

Ha, I wish! That works as long as you don't need to set an alarm, schedule a meeting, calculate someone's age, calculate interest, display the time... basically most practical uses of time.

[old man emu]

9 hours ago, RFguy said:

on your new Australia map

I just grabbed that image because it showed the location of 135E, which was relevant to the post it was in. Actually the image shows what the British were claiming as theirs in 1788. West of the line was indeed Terra Nullis in European Law.

 

There was no official settlement in Western Australia until 1829; South Australia 1836 and Northern Territory 1824.