TAM reinstall after time change?

Billy Welsh · March 12, 2012, 06:13:36 PM

You are right - I am being too nice. If it's too dark for them in the winter, they should move South!

Jim Jensen · March 12, 2012, 08:28:54 PM

Being one that tries to exercise in the morning, I prefer "normal" time, plus it just doesn't seem right when it's light at almost 9 pm. In Indiana, it's exaggerated even more. We used to be in the Central time zone, then switched to Eastern, but dropped DST. When we went back to using DST, the legislature decided to request staying in eastern zone. In mid-summer, solar noon occurs at about 2pm by the EDT clock. I'd say that's definitely not "normal" time.

DebAmstutz · March 13, 2012, 08:18:21 AM

Indiana used to not change time either and I loved it. I love early morning light-it helps me get moving in the mornings and I get more stuff done when it's light than when it's dark. I never really figured out how DST "saved" anything, because everyone had to turn lights on in the mornings when the sunrise was an hour later, so what is the difference between having them on at night or in the morning?

The real PITA with DST is getting kids to bed when the sun is still shining. My grandsons' bedtime has been 7:30pm - not a problem in the winter but I'll have to call my son and see how it's going this week. Bedtime didn't matter until this year, when the oldest started kindergarten.

I also don't like the fact that it's light so long around the 4th of July that I can't go to any major fireworks displays in my area because they start (sometime after 10:00pm on a clear night) and end too late for my 4:30am wakeup time, unless the 4th falls on a Friday or Saturday, and even then, it's just easier to watch the concerts and fireworks on TV.

Farmers may get a little extra time to harvest wheat or bale up hay/straw in daylight, but not that much to make a major difference.

We're on 11.1 here and yes, when I logged in on Monday I had the same thing happen and I don't ever recall a re-register after a time change before.

I would also like to ditch DST. It's one thing Governor Daniels did that was disagreeable to me. When we didn't change the clocks, we were on the same time as Chicago in the summer and I could get TAM support at 7:30am my time which I have needed on occasion. I still don't understand why Applied doesn't have support people available at an earlier time for people east of Chicago.

Billy Welsh · March 13, 2012, 09:44:56 AM

Quote from: Blackbeard Jensen on March 12, 2012, 08:28:54 PM
Being one that tries to exercise in the morning, I prefer "normal" time, plus it just doesn't seem right when it's light at almost 9 pm. In Indiana, it's exaggerated even more. We used to be in the Central time zone, then switched to Eastern, but dropped DST. When we went back to using DST, the legislature decided to request staying in eastern zone. In mid-summer, solar noon occurs at about 2pm by the EDT clock. I'd say that's definitely not "normal" time.

Now I remember - "normal" time is defined as when the sun is at it highest point in the sky, it is 12:00. Thanks, Jim!

DST can be nice when you have an evening function that requires or is better in daylight, but those are rare IMHO and I'd gladly give it up if we could stop switching back & forth 2x a year. Down here it mainly makes you feel baked for an extra hour each day - come summer you usually want the sun to go down so it can cool down a tad.

Mark Rowe · March 13, 2012, 02:16:26 PM

I LOVE DST

GeorgeW · March 13, 2012, 02:52:58 PM

I HATE DST

Alice Mooney · March 13, 2012, 03:47:22 PM

this thread is too funny

and I'm the one that hijacked it

Hans Manhave · March 13, 2012, 05:58:06 PM

Quote from: Alice on March 13, 2012, 03:47:22 PM
this thread is too funny
and I'm the one that hijacked it

I am incredibly mad about it. Not. I never do that to anyone. Not.

Billy Welsh · March 13, 2012, 06:10:24 PM

The only reason you'd be mad is if her hijack topped one of yours

Jim Jensen · March 14, 2012, 09:05:58 AM

I also noticed, while connected remotely that my machine ran the re-registering of TAM items. It must have been on Sunday sometime, which would have made me the first to log in post-DST change. I wasn't bothered by the amount of light at the time, as I was on the east coast. However, when I returned home I remembered why I dislike DST here when it was almost 8 am before getting to full light.

Ok - does that get us back on track, yet also maintain the continued hijack? I strive to be inclusive, you know.

Bob · March 14, 2012, 11:21:54 AM

I love it! It's not my thread to moderate or split.

Marie (Zionkowski) Gozikowski · March 14, 2012, 11:30:59 AM

The thread has been back n forth between help & talk, so I figured I would just keep a watch on it :-)

Hans Manhave · March 14, 2012, 11:47:35 AM

All my stations reinstalled 10.8 when TAM was first accessed after the DST. No terminal server / Citrix stations.