OT: System Clock Loses Hour

[AngleWyrm]

How about a squirrel busily gathering nuts? I'm at rest relative to that.

Energy of squirrel = M*** of nuts times Chewing velocity. Squared.

Cause everyone should have a square meal.

narf poit chez BOOM said:
One thing I've wondered is, if mass is partially relative to the speed of light, what is the speed of light relative to?

That'll probably come up again with lots of jargon in it, if/when we break the light-speed barrier.

"Just cause it got from here to there and back before light did, doesn't mean it was actually travelling faster than light. Relative to itself, the photons experienced phase shifting dopplar blahzidy blah effects, so really it's not going faster. Einstein be praised!"

[se5a]

that question always confused me too narf.

[Baron Munchausen]

PvK said:
Sounds like the DST patch doesn't work... sigh.

Ya, Baron Munch., the fine products of M$: M$ Windohs, M$ Outhouse, M$ Abscess, M$ Turd...

Don't forget Internet Exploder.

[AngleWyrm]

I found an hour. It was in a tray with the spare change and car keys. It's in fairly good shape -- looks like it was only used a couple times to watch TV. If anyone's clock is still missing an hour, I'll post a link for downloading it (takes about an hour).

[narf poit chez BOOM]

/me hands AngleWyrm a medal.

Cause that post deserves one.

[Atrocities]

AngleWyrm said:
I found an hour. It was in a tray with the spare change and car keys. It's in fairly good shape -- looks like it was only used a couple times to watch TV. If anyone's clock is still missing an hour, I'll post a link for downloading it (takes about an hour).

Please post the link.

[se5a]

aye, did you come up with that yourself?

[Atrocities]

Ok so I got sick and tired of manually adjusting the clock every few days so I sent in a customer / tech request to Microsoft asking for help.'

Even after I applied the DST update to my computer it keeps resetting the system clock back an hour every few days. What the hell is the problem? I have to manually reset the time on my pc every few days even after applying the most recent update from the DST web site. I have tried to reinstal the patch again and it won't install because it is ALREADY installed. Please fix this bug, as there are many others experiencing the same issues. Thanks

This is the response I got.

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service.

I understand that your computer shows the time an hour behind even after installing DST Update.

For assistance with your issue, I would like you to know that if you are experiencing issues with Daylight Savings Time (DST), please use the automatic patches provided by the DST Help Center through the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst

However, if you have additional questions or issues with the updates, please contact our Support Professional at 1-800-MICROSOFT.

Ray, I hope the above information is helpful and I appreciate your patience in this regard.

Thank you for using Microsoft Products and Services.

Basavaraju
Microsoft Online Customer Representative

*Sigh*

Um, Basavaraju, or whoever reads this, your response to my concern is, as usual, of absolutely no help to me. Did I or didn't I state in my message that I had already been to the DST web site and tried all the "fixes?" I have to be honest, I am not at all impressed with your cookie cutter response. I find it proof positive that Microsoft is exactly what people think it is, the home for low brow software programmers who couldn't get a job at a real software development company. I mean, had you taken the time to actually read my concern you would have known that I did go to the DST web site BEFORE I contacted Microsoft with this problem? I sincerely hope that at some point in time you die a horrible painful slow death. And thank you for your assistance.

What can I say, I am utterly disgusted. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Envy.gif[/img]