Out of the Blue

[Nov 03, 2012, 4:18 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The wee hours of tonight/tomorrow will mark the end of Daylight Saving Time in these parts, so tomorrow will be a 25 hour day. It getting dark an hour earlier may not be well timed for those in this area still without power, but on the bright side (so to speak) it seems power is being restored in more places all the time, though this is going to be small comfort to those still in the dark.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 5, 2012, 11:55

Mr. Tact

That my friend, is called marketing and MS is pretty good at it. They have to be.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 4, 2012, 13:00

Sepharo

Ahhh I can't avoid it! NFL on FOX is using the Windows 8 Metro interface for their game intro, uh.. interface. WTF?




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 4, 2012, 12:23

Jivaro

jdreyer wrote on Nov 4, 2012, 04:01: Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 19:13: I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh. Um, move to Hawaii? ducks Or Arizona...

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 4, 2012, 07:56

Fibrocyte

xXBatmanXx wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 16:54: Awesome - get to work 13 hours instead of 12 tonight. Anyone see those "State of Decay" videos from Microsoft Studios? Looks like they took the Day Z idea and going to put it on xbox and pc next year. Not sure how I feel about that - was hoping Day Z guys would get their stuff together quickly and more stable. I've been watching War Z -- I'll probably pick that up.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 4, 2012, 04:01

jdreyer

Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 19:13:
I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh.

Um, move to Hawaii? *ducks* Allthumbsup




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 23:26

Mr. Tact

Yeah, it would be confusing at first. But just think, you could be talking to anyone in the world and set a time for your next call/meeting/whatever and it would be so simple. None of that I'm in this time zone, you are in that time zone, but I'm doing DST, blah, blah. The gains will be well worth the initial weirdness. After a few years you'd wonder why anyone ever did it any other way.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 22:21

Sepharo

Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 22:14:
Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 21:18:
Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 19:13:
I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh.
We need to end the cycle. Even better just have everyone use GMT all the time.
That will be confusing like go to work at 2 AM.

I would have to be at work at 14:00




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 22:14

Ant

Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 21:18:
Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 19:13:
I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh.
We need to end the cycle. Even better just have everyone use GMT all the time.

That will be confusing like go to work at 2 AM.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 21:18

Mr. Tact

Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 19:13:
I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh.

We need to end the cycle. Even better just have everyone use GMT all the time.




Truth is brutal. Prepare for pain.

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 20:53

nin

1badmf wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 20:01:
The Half Elf wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 17:53:
Ok so we gain an hour correct? So instead of say 1am it's midnight?

correct - when the clock hits 3AM, you dial that shit back to 2AM and get to relive that hour again.

Motherfucking time travel...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 20:01

1badmf

The Half Elf wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 17:53: Ok so we gain an hour correct? So instead of say 1am it's midnight? correct - when the clock hits 3AM, you dial that shit back to 2AM and get to relive that hour again.

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 19:13

Ant

I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 18:08

nin

The Half Elf wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 17:53:
Ok so we gain an hour correct? So instead of say 1am it's midnight?

Spring forward, fall back.




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 17:53

Cutter

xXBatmanXx wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 17:32:
Heads up - plan your buying for the rest of the year! Fall game release schedule....

Wow, out of that whole list there were only 3 games I wanted - and got.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 17:53

The Half Elf

Ok so we gain an hour correct? So instead of say 1am it's midnight?

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 17:32

xXBatmanXx

Heads up - plan your buying for the rest of the year! Fall game release schedule....




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 17:15

jacobvandy

Anybody can take the idea and make a game with it... There are plenty that have tried before. There's more to it, that makes DayZ as awesome and popular as it is. And anyway, the standalone version is coming out this month or next. It'll be the alpha version, but it will have so much more added and improved than the mod stands now.

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 3, 2012, 16:54

xXBatmanXx

Awesome - get to work 13 hours instead of 12 tonight.

Anyone see those "State of Decay" videos from Microsoft Studios? Looks like they took the Day Z idea and going to put it on xbox and pc next year. Not sure how I feel about that - was hoping Day Z guys would get their stuff together quickly and more stable.




In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder. Playing: RL

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