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Article #40543Re: Wish List item for HyperCard 2.0
From: Tim Maroney
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1989 05:56
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1989 05:56
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In article <1793@wpi.wpi.edu> tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer) writes: >Well, this isn't exactly a wish for HC 2.0, BUT I think that it a relivant >wish (for conveinence, if nothing else :^) ). I would like to the the US >version of the Macintosh Software automatically recognize and compensate for >daylight savings time (i.e. automatically turn the clock forward/back). Ah yes, all we need is for the Macintosh to read the newspapers so it can keep up with acts of Congress. During the energy crisis, DST was greatly extended, and there is now legislation on the floor which would extend DST to past Election Day every four years to help with a uniform poll closing time. There is no algorithmic way to determine whether we are in Daylight Savings Time or not.... -- Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim "The men promise to provide unconditionally for their wives. The women in turn serve unconditionally to provide the other household services necessary for the men to fulfill their obligations to the women. The women are satisfied because they have the men working for THEM." -- Colin Jenkins, soc.women
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hoptoad!tim From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: Wish List item for HyperCard 2.0 Keywords: Buttons, icons, shapes, fonts Message-ID: <6938@hoptoad.uucp> Date: 9 Apr 89 05:56:45 GMT References: <1100@atux01.UUCP> <4790@charon.unm.edu> <6914@hoptoad.uucp> <1793@wpi.wpi.edu> Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco Lines: 18