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Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 194

Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five. That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
[President Skroob walks in.]
Skroob: What's the combination?
Colonel Sandurz: One, two, three, four, five.
Skroob: One, two, three, four, five? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

Comment Re:A Better Idea (Score 1) 234

Knowing the local time for any location around the world is a solved problem. I can add desktop/smartphone widgets that display the time for any location I am in contact with or any new location. I can then tell at a glance what their local time is and roughly what point in their day they are at. Most people around the globe follow the pattern of sleeping when it's night-time and active during the daytime. If everyone globally was using UTC, how do I know what 10:00 UTC means for them? I'm in the UK, so that's mid-morning for me. For a New Yorker, it's early morning. Someone in India? No idea. You also have the issue of the date changing during the working day for many people around the world. Also, the other problems of how you're going to convince 180-ish countries and about 7bn people to suddenly change their perception of time of the day.

Comment Re:A Better Idea (Score 1) 234

No, it's a stupid idea. New York is five hours behind London. If it's 10am in London and I know the local time in NYC is 5am, then there won't be much point trying to contact anyone in the NY office because I can infer they'll be in bed. Under your scheme, I'd have to try and work out where someone in NY would be in their daily schedule for 10:00 UTC.

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