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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by michas on Sunday September 29, 2013 @01:32PM (#6465843)
Timezones were introduced exactly to prevent the very thing that you propose: need to adjust clocks a few seconds each day. It was just too annoying.
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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by codex on Sunday September 29, 2013 @03:05PM (#6466153)
Sure, but software clocks could adjust themselves automatically based on your GPS location. Almost nobody uses a mechanical clock anymore.
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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by batbomb on Sunday September 29, 2013 @04:53PM (#6466478)
The problem isn't where you are at, it's where you are going.
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Re:Spaniards are less productive, constantly tired: Spain is... by codex on Sunday September 29, 2013 @09:51PM (#6467385)
Easy enough to calculate your destination time via software as well. I wonder if 2D time zones would reduce cancer incidence by encouraging consistent melatonin production via a daylight synchronized sleep cycle.
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