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Comment Re:Swatch Internet Time (Score 1) 613

With Internet Time they changed the time line to BMT = Biel Mean Time. (yes it is GMT+1, UTC+1, CET)
Biel/Bienne is in the middle of the watch region of Switzerland and it sits on the border of the Swiss German and French speaking parts of Switzerland, its a bilingual town.
So it is Swiss based.

And really . . . it will be the last clock change we would ever need as all clocks worldwide will be synchronized.
It just that your working day start time will vary depending on where you are in the world, but clocks will never have to be adjusted again.

A huge change to everyone but I think the benefits will make it worth while.
(and while we are at it USA/UK, consider the metric system)

Comment Hobbie = Work you like doing (Score 1) 341

Hobbie = A job you enjoy doing
If that is the case I guess I will work till I die.
I cant wait until I retire and start doing all the things I really love doing.
Not that I dont enjoy what I do now at work but I am building a machine that is not for me.
I want to pursue MY interests, not my corporations. But my corporations interests also interest me to a certain extent.
I do consider myself lucky to have a job I love . . . . but in retirement I will be able to wallow in my hobby bliss.

Submission + - Samsung's Smart Watch Coming Sept. 4 (mashable.com)

lager_monste writes: Samsung will launch its smart watch, the Galaxy Gear, on Sept. 4 ahead of the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin, Germany.
Lee Young-hee, VP of Samsung's mobile business, confirmed the date and some details about the device in an interview with The Korea Times.
Samsung's Smart Watch Rumored to Come in Five Colors

Comment All Web Based on LAMP (Score 1) 492

eGroupware has all the features of Outlook with project management tools, wiki, time manager, file share access all thrown in.

And its web based so it works across platform.

It connects to POP and/or IMAP email servers and can support 100's of users on a slow server.

I replaced my web email solution with this and now use it for a whole lot more.

A great project. http://www.egroupware.org/

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