Well stated. However, if you haven't, you should really send this to her in some form. I doubt she knows where /. is "on the WWW".

That is exactly what the post you are replying to says. In this case, it wasn't even about a recipe. It was an article about the history of apple pie. It did contain a couple of recipes, but the entire article was stolen, a few minor edits made, and then published without permission. IANAL, but this seems to be a clear-cut case of commercial copyright infringement.

DST is used to save power in summer, not winter. Even the power savings are debatable, Indiana's power usage went up when they implemented DST.

Being a religious fundamentalism means that you strictly adhere to the words of your religious doctrines. Many discoveries and accepted theories in science clash with the text as it is written. Sure, lots of religious people feel that it does not affect the spirit of their religion, just the exact phrasing, and accept both science and their own religion. However, a fundamentalist would not, and would assume that science is incorrect in any clashing areas and may harbor ill feelings against science in general. I would argue that you are not a fundamentalist, or at least not using the commonly accepted definition. Either that, or you are implying that you harbor no hatred toward science, but assume it is wrong in areas where things clash with your doctrines.

This is Oracle we are talking about here. Might as well hope for interstellar space travel by tomorrow or Bill Gates to personally write them a check for a billion dollars.

Yes, and residential lighting accounts for very little of the actual power usage, especially now that incandescent bulbs are being phased out. Forcing a switch to CFL or LED lighting would save far more, and be far more cost-effective. Wikipedia has some more info on the benefits and drawbacks of DST with sources.

If your boss fires you for showing up late after a DST change, then you probably had a shitty job/boss anyway. Or, perhaps you were doing poorly and it was the straw that broke the camel's back. Another alternative, they were looking for a reason to fire you and jumped on this.

I call bullshit on the billions. Every study I've seen on DST has mixed results on electricity savings, and often shows losses in other areas like farming. It also costs money to design time-sensitive applications and devices around DST. The sleep schedule disruption also causes issues with workers, and has been shown to increase workplace injuries. While the increase in sunlight exposure is mostly healthy, it also increases the risk of skin cancer. Wikipedia has a nice section on this with sources.

Also, while in WW2, DST might have saved on some resources, power usage is now far different. DST mainly affects power usage by residential lighting, which is no longer the primary use of electricity (especially now that incandescent bulbs are being phased out).

That's an awfully high autism rate, must be due to the immunizations.

I'd bet if they filtered these things out they wouldn't be able to fill a free Dropbox account with whats left. Same goes for Myspace...

Don't see that as trollish either, maybe a bit snarky, but definitely not a troll post.

Never noticed that until you pointed it out, what the fuck were they thinking?

The school board running your daughters' school were probably in football picking on the chess club/speech team kids. Now their little angel needs the best equipment for the activity they are forced to be in so their parents can relive their childhood through their children.

If there is a problem with a school district, it is almost certainly the school board's fault. The only solution is to move, find a private school that fits, or run for school board and try to make some changes from within.

Vindictive mods today? I see no reason this post is a troll.

+Funny mods do not affect karma in Slashdot. The theory is that this will lead to more insightful conversations and less jokes. However, all it does is get the funny posts modded as +Insightful instead because the modders want to help out the guys making funny posts.

When commenters insightfully point this out, they get modded +Funny...