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Originally posted by Zimphire:
She is a spinner.
I'm not hip to your lingo, Zimphire. Care to share a clue? In any case, my vote went to Courtney, although J…
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Originally posted by Big Mac:
I'm not hip to your lingo, Zimphire. Care to share a clue?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=spinner&r=f
Its a st…
Would you prefer if the forums clock was set to EST? MacNN.com is EST, as are most Internet sites. I was going to change it -- I have no idea why it's GMT -- but I thought it woul…
In my experience, most EST/PST people can look at time stamps from either zone and convert easily, since we all have to do it often. Thinking in terms of GMT or other time zones is…
And I think GMT is a good base time, what with it being the baseline time for almost the whole world. Time zones are referred to by their "GMT+/- x hrs" offset. I think it's good h…
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Originally posted by PurpleGiant:
I think GMT makes more sense to the rest of the world, given we all know our GMT offset, but not necessarily EST.
i don't k…
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Originally posted by awaspaas:
I hereby decree people who know their GMT offset are officially nerds.
I know and remember mine because of the forums I visit s…
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Originally posted by Nick:
In my experience, most EST/PST people can look at time stamps from either zone and convert easily, since we all have to do it often. Th…
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Originally posted by fireside:
i don't know my GMT offset.
Florida? Easy, "GMT -50yrs"
And seriously ... GMT -5 (and to make things even more complicat…
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Originally posted by fireside:
i don't know my GMT offset.
GMT -5 for EST (-4 for DST)
And leave it at GMT. This forum, like the rest of the world, doesn't…
Personally I would leave it as GMT. However, you do have a point that the MacNN.com frontpage is in EST, and that one or the other probably ought to be changed for consistency. If …