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Message no. 1
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 01:14:46 +0100
Some of you may recall that last year I was experimenting with a World
Time Zone clock on the Shadowtk part of my web site.

Okay, I've started to experiment again. :)

I've checked the script in the following browsers

Netscape 3.0, 3.02, 4.0, 4.05
MSIE 4.0, 4.02, 5.01
Opera 3.21

It works fine in all of them. Why I don't know. Perhaps I may have done
something right for a change. :)

The point being, that there is occasionally a discrepancy between Time
Zones with posters on the list. Now I don't for one minute expect
people to stay on-line while writing their mail, but the clock is there
and it's available to anyone who wants it. Simply save the page locally
to your machine, and it /should/ work fine.

It's written in Javascript, so that's really the only limitation. If you
don't have a Javascript browser - I can't help. Perl and others
languages are still a mystery to me. :) Though I intend to change that
in the future.

The direct url is...

http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/shadowtk/time.htm


What I'd like to find out is if the damn thing works from other parts of
the world.

It /should/ read local system time, and the time from two other cities
of your choice relative to each other.

So, say you're in Los Angeles. The script will read your system time
and display that (local time)

Then select another city - say Berlin, and the script should display the
time incremental to that city. Select another city, Chicago and you get
another time read out.

At least, that's what is supposed to happen. It works for me, but that
doesn't mean a damn thing.

The reason I've tried again is for people on the list to have the thing
handy on their hard drives for easy reference, that way if they have a
character in another part of the world, they'll at least get an accurate
time reading from that place. In theory. :)

All time zones are taken from a nation meridian based on Greenwich
England. Please let me know if it's screwed or if it works. :)

Thanks

--
Avenger
http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/index.htm
(Newbies Survival Guide to Stk & SR stuff)
http://www.freespace.virgin.net/p.siems/index.htm
(UK Survival Guide, SR Guide to the Oceans.)
Message no. 2
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 02:18:36 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
>The direct url is...
>
>http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/shadowtk/time.htm
>
>
>What I'd like to find out is if the damn thing works from other parts of
>the world.
>
>It /should/ read local system time, and the time from two other cities
>of your choice relative to each other.

Good news, it works on my computer...a few things though...First off, the
list of countries DOESN'T HAVE HOUSTON ON IT! <G> (Frag, you've got Jakarta
and Kuala Lumpur on it :) Second, shouldn't the first place where you select
a city be something other than where you live (Isn't that what System time
is for?) third, maybe its just the uneducated, public schooled me here
<VBG>, but what is YST and TSC? Don't think I've ever heard of them...PDT
and CDT/CST yes.

Last and not least, and I just noticed this as my e-mail overlapped the page
slightly, the clocks aren't synchronized. The local one appears to change
slightly sooner than the others..it doesn't effect the time or anything (Its
not running fast, just changes differently). Of course, as I go back and
look again, now they are synchronized...one day I'll learn not to stare at
the computer screen at 2 in the morning...

Wraith
Message no. 3
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:45:13 -0700
At 12:18 AM 6/30/98 , you wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
>>The direct url is...
>>
>>http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/shadowtk/time.htm
>>
>>
>>What I'd like to find out is if the damn thing works from other parts of
>>the world.
>>
>>It /should/ read local system time, and the time from two other cities
>>of your choice relative to each other.
>
>Good news, it works on my computer...a few things though...First off, the
>list of countries DOESN'T HAVE HOUSTON ON IT! <G> (Frag, you've got Jakarta
>and Kuala Lumpur on it :)

Where's Houston?

Same thing tho Pete, I was looking at the code for my time zone, and did
not recognize it. (We uses PST, up here in da great white North;)
-Dvixen
dvixen@********.com
Message no. 4
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:45:20 +0100
In article <000c01bda3f7$4d722de0$f61410d1@**********.starkreality.com>,
Wraith <wraith@************.COM> writes
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
>>The direct url is...
>>
>>http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/shadowtk/time.htm
>>
>>
>>What I'd like to find out is if the damn thing works from other parts of
>>the world.
>>
>>It /should/ read local system time, and the time from two other cities
>>of your choice relative to each other.
>
>Good news, it works on my computer...

Heh. Oh goody.

>a few things though...First off, the
>list of countries DOESN'T HAVE HOUSTON ON IT! <G>

Aw gee. There's a big list in there. I can't be expected to do
everything perfectly, it would spoil my reputation. :)

It's very easy to add Houston, as you've probably noticed. The source
code should be self explanatory. :)

>(Frag, you've got Jakarta
>and Kuala Lumpur on it :) Second, shouldn't the first place where you select
>a city be something other than where you live (Isn't that what System time
>is for?)

Yes, but the idea of "City you are in, is for the city your character is
in. Choosing a city in that box should change the time to that city,
not your local time. :)

>third, maybe its just the uneducated, public schooled me here
><VBG>, but what is YST and TSC? Don't think I've ever heard of them...PDT
>and CDT/CST yes.

YST

Your System Time
^ ^ ^

:)

>Last and not least, and I just noticed this as my e-mail overlapped the page
>slightly, the clocks aren't synchronized. The local one appears to change
>slightly sooner than the others..it doesn't effect the time or anything (Its
>not running fast, just changes differently).

That I think is because of the time it takes to process the information
in the script. If you look at the source code, it's rather LONG. :)
So, it takes a moment to process, which means the seconds part of the
time will have a very short delay. They should always synchronise but
will take a fraction of a second to process the script.

> Of course, as I go back and
>look again, now they are synchronized...one day I'll learn not to stare at
>the computer screen at 2 in the morning...

Heh, I do that all the time, probably why I'm so screwed up these days.
:)

--
Avenger
http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/index.htm
(Newbies Survival Guide to Stk & SR stuff)
http://www.freespace.virgin.net/p.siems/index.htm
(UK Survival Guide, SR Guide to the Oceans.)
Message no. 5
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:47:56 +0100
In article <199806300731.AAA28595@****.coastnet.com>, Dvixen
<dvixen@********.COM> writes
>At 12:18 AM 6/30/98 , you wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
>>>It /should/ read local system time, and the time from two other cities
>>>of your choice relative to each other.
>>
>>Good news, it works on my computer...a few things though...First off, the
>>list of countries DOESN'T HAVE HOUSTON ON IT! <G> (Frag, you've got Jakarta
>>and Kuala Lumpur on it :)
>
>Where's Houston?

Texas.

Jeez, even I know that and I'm from the UK. <grin>

>Same thing tho Pete, I was looking at the code for my time zone, and did
>not recognize it. (We uses PST, up here in da great white North;)

PST. Right. Well exsqueeze me for not being perfect. I wanted to get
the code right so that it worked, unlike that damn mess I posted last
year. :) And everybody complains about the somantics of a letter.

<sigh> There's just no pleasing some people. <grin>


>-Dvixen
>dvixen@********.com

Hello D-D. :)

Nice to see you back. Blaze wants a "word" with you. :)

--
Avenger
http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/index.htm
(Newbies Survival Guide to Stk & SR stuff)
http://www.freespace.virgin.net/p.siems/index.htm
(UK Survival Guide, SR Guide to the Oceans.)
Message no. 6
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:50:16 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
>>(Frag, you've got Jakarta
>>and Kuala Lumpur on it :) Second, shouldn't the first place where you
select
>>a city be something other than where you live (Isn't that what System time
>>is for?)
>
>Yes, but the idea of "City you are in, is for the city your character is
>in. Choosing a city in that box should change the time to that city,
>not your local time. :)


I believe the proper response here is to hit my head against the wall
saying, "stupid, stupid, stupid" over and over...

>>third, maybe its just the uneducated, public schooled me here
>><VBG>, but what is YST and TSC? Don't think I've ever heard of them...PDT
>>and CDT/CST yes.
>
>YST
>
>Your System Time
>^ ^ ^
>
>:)


TSC? Heh, whenever I think of S I think of Standard..

DVixen, what do you mean where's Houston? Why its the capital of Texas (Or
so many people THINK for some odd reason...)

Wraith
Message no. 7
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:48:55 -0700
On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Wraith wrote:

> DVixen, what do you mean where's Houston? Why its the capital of Texas (Or
> so many people THINK for some odd reason...)

For those of you who are geographically impared...Wraith is making a joke
here. Austin, where I happen to be sitting for the moment, is the capital
of Texas. In fact, the capitol would be visible from the window next to
me if there wasn't a building in the way.

And I thought it was bad enough being from Northern California and having
people respond to my statement that my home town was a hour and a half
north of Sacramento: "Isn't that in Oregon?"

--Grumble, mutter

Jeff
Message no. 8
From: Sean Marshall <methos@****.NET>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:51:40 -0500
Can anyone please respond and let me know if this message comes through
clean. IE; without any attachments etc.

I want it to be just plain text.

thank you

Methos
Message no. 9
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:25:27 -0400
At 04:48 PM 6/30/98 -0700, you wrote:

>And I thought it was bad enough being from Northern California and having
>people respond to my statement that my home town was a hour and a half
>north of Sacramento: "Isn't that in Oregon?"

Well, an hour and a half north of Sacramento *is* getting awful close to
Oregon...or at least closer to Oregon than LA is.

Damn. Which little town did you live in? Eureka or something?

Erik J.


"Oh, the silent helicopters and the men in black fatigues? They're just my
car pool to work."
Message no. 10
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 01:29:04 +0100
In article <000c01bda3f7$4d722de0$f61410d1@**********.starkreality.com>,
Wraith <wraith@************.COM> writes

><VBG>, but what is YST and TSC? Don't think I've ever heard of them...PDT
^^^
Sorry I didn't answer this Time, System Concurrent it's not reflective
of a time zone.

Rather than try to work in ECT/PCT/CMT MTM/VIP/MAD? I just decided to
stick with the basics. :)


--
Avenger
http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/index.htm
(Newbies Survival Guide to Stk & SR stuff)
http://www.freespace.virgin.net/p.siems/index.htm
(UK Survival Guide, SR Guide to the Oceans.)
Message no. 11
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:23:40 -0700
On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Erik Jameson wrote:

> At 04:48 PM 6/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >And I thought it was bad enough being from Northern California and having
> >people respond to my statement that my home town was a hour and a half
> >north of Sacramento: "Isn't that in Oregon?"
>
> Well, an hour and a half north of Sacramento *is* getting awful close to
> Oregon...or at least closer to Oregon than LA is.
>
> Damn. Which little town did you live in? Eureka or something?

Ah go screw yourself and the donkey you rode in on.

Contrary to popular opinion (especially Southern Californians--anybody
south of the Bay Area) Oroville California, where I had the misfortune to
be raised (but not born, for I am a Midwesterner by virtue of birth in
Royal Oak, Michigan outside of Detroit) is _nowhere_ near Eureka (which
IIRC, is about as far from Oroville as San Francisco). In fact, nearly a
good QUARTER of the state's land-mass is north of Oroville.

If you want to find it on a map, look to where the Coastal Mountains and
the Sierra Nevadas converge. It kind of looks like a giant armpit. For
reasons of my own, I am one to believe this is no coincidence. Tucked up
at the Northeastern edge of the "pit" is Oroville, where in the goldrush
hydraulic miners blasted apart the foothills and giving it its name, then
abandoned the place. Later, when LA was growing exponentially, and
someone pointed out to them they happened to be a desert, some of them
went north, found a nice valley and walled it off with over a mile wide
clod of dirt and rock (with a power-station buried beneath) and formed
Lake Oroville, bringing with them some semblance of civilization back to
the area. It grew to this day to become a place just big enough to have
the audacity to call itself a city (15K in city limits, ~50K if you
stretch the border 15 miles in any direction). City industries: canning
(I have a T-shirt from my one summer working at Pacific Coast Producers
[anybody want to eat something from a company called PCP? If you like
DelMonte or Libby's you have....] where it proudly announces that in one
24 hour period, 117,500+ CASES of fruit cocktail were tinned) and lumber
(we used to have two lumbermills, but one of them leaked too much DDT into
the ground and was turned into a SuperFund site). On the other hand, they
did recently get SpectraPhysics to move their small laser assembly plant
to the outskirts of town though a series of bribes and tax breaks. (The
city council would have offered them their wives and children but it seems
SpectraPhysics has some taste after all.) However, by far, the greatest
supporter of the economy is social welfare, which last I heard was
providing support to nearly 3/4ths of the inhabitants, who are either aged
(Social Security) or job-deprived (wellfare and disability). Oh yeah, my
mother tells me that the retention rate past the first to years of high
school from where I graduated is down to about 47%.

Hmmmm. Perhaps I should stop myself before I get carried away. Suffice
to say that while I don't like my "hometown," I object to the majority of
Northern California (north of Sacramento) being written out of people's
minds as Southern Oregon. Few seem to realize that San Fransico is
smack-dab in the _middle_ of California.

Oddly, FASA seems to believe that Oroville will become some huge important
metroplex by 205X absorbing nearby Chico and becoming the most important
city north of Sacramento, if not San Francisco, being not too far from the
Tir border. (Excuse me while I roll about on the floor laughing.) As it
stands, Chico's amoeba like progression towards Oroville across the
Sacramento Valley makes the reverse far more likely. And while their
discriptions are a bit exagerated, I find the inclusion of a few of my
hometown's landmarks in the CalFree sourcebook ammusing.

--My two yen

Jeff
Message no. 12
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 02:35:28 +0100
In article <Pine.HPP.3.96.980630164317.26219A-100000@*******.ugcs.caltec
h.edu>, Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU> writes
>On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Wraith wrote:
>> DVixen, what do you mean where's Houston? Why its the capital of Texas (Or
>> so many people THINK for some odd reason...)
>
>For those of you who are geographically impared...Wraith is making a joke
>here. Austin, where I happen to be sitting for the moment, is the capital
>of Texas.

You mean the Ewings are lying? It's NOT Dallas? <sulk>

>In fact, the capitol would be visible from the window next to
>me if there wasn't a building in the way.

>And I thought it was bad enough being from Northern California and having
>people respond to my statement that my home town was a hour and a half
>north of Sacramento: "Isn't that in Oregon?"

Damn, I thought Sacremento was in Ohio... <grin>


--
Avenger
http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/index.htm
(Newbies Survival Guide to Stk & SR stuff)
http://www.freespace.virgin.net/p.siems/index.htm
(UK Survival Guide, SR Guide to the Oceans.)
Message no. 13
From: Justin Fang <justinf@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:30:10 -3100
Avenger wrote:
>
>Some of you may recall that last year I was experimenting with a World
>Time Zone clock on the Shadowtk part of my web site.
>
>Okay, I've started to experiment again. :)
>
>I've checked the script in the following browsers
>
>Netscape 3.0, 3.02, 4.0, 4.05
>MSIE 4.0, 4.02, 5.01
>Opera 3.21
>
>It works fine in all of them. Why I don't know. Perhaps I may have done
>something right for a change. :)
>
>The point being, that there is occasionally a discrepancy between Time
>Zones with posters on the list. Now I don't for one minute expect
>people to stay on-line while writing their mail, but the clock is there
>and it's available to anyone who wants it. Simply save the page locally
>to your machine, and it /should/ work fine.
>
>It's written in Javascript, so that's really the only limitation. If you
>don't have a Javascript browser - I can't help. Perl and others
>languages are still a mystery to me. :) Though I intend to change that
>in the future.
>
>The direct url is...
>
>http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/shadowtk/time.htm
>
>
>What I'd like to find out is if the damn thing works from other parts of
>the world.
>
>It /should/ read local system time, and the time from two other cities
>of your choice relative to each other.
>
>So, say you're in Los Angeles. The script will read your system time
>and display that (local time)
>
>Then select another city - say Berlin, and the script should display the
>time incremental to that city. Select another city, Chicago and you get
>another time read out.
>
>At least, that's what is supposed to happen. It works for me, but that
>doesn't mean a damn thing.
>
>The reason I've tried again is for people on the list to have the thing
>handy on their hard drives for easy reference, that way if they have a
>character in another part of the world, they'll at least get an accurate
>time reading from that place. In theory. :)
>
>All time zones are taken from a nation meridian based on Greenwich
>England. Please let me know if it's screwed or if it works. :)
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Avenger
>http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/index.htm
>(Newbies Survival Guide to Stk & SR stuff)
>http://www.freespace.virgin.net/p.siems/index.htm
>(UK Survival Guide, SR Guide to the Oceans.)
>


--
Justin Fang (justinf@****.caltech.edu)
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Message no. 14
From: Justin Fang <justinf@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:44:03 -3100
Justin Fang wrote:
[snip]
...nothing but a copy of Pete's post.

There *was* supposed to be content there... <sigh>

<footage of Carpzilla destroying New York>

<footage of mile-wide carp impacting Earth>

--
Justin Fang (justinf@****.caltech.edu)
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Message no. 15
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 15:17:01 -0400
At 06:23 PM 6/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Erik Jameson wrote:
>
>> At 04:48 PM 6/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> >And I thought it was bad enough being from Northern California and having
>> >people respond to my statement that my home town was a hour and a half
>> >north of Sacramento: "Isn't that in Oregon?"

>> Damn. Which little town did you live in? Eureka or something?
>
>Ah go screw yourself and the donkey you rode in on.

Hey, sorry dude. Didn't know you were *that* sensitive. The only cities I
know of north of the general Bay Area Zone are Eureka, Ukiah and Crescent
City.

>minds as Southern Oregon. Few seem to realize that San Fransico is
>smack-dab in the _middle_ of California.

Er, recheck your map Jeff. Right smack in the middle of California are a
bunch of farms up there in Kern County and the like. The Bay Area is about
2/3 of the way up or so. Not as far north as some would believe, but it's
about a 7-8 hour drive from LA to SF. And only about 5-6 from SF to
Oregon. Factor in the 2 hours from Mexico to LA...

>Oddly, FASA seems to believe that Oroville will become some huge important
>metroplex by 205X absorbing nearby Chico and becoming the most important
>city north of Sacramento, if not San Francisco, being not too far from the
>Tir border. (Excuse me while I roll about on the floor laughing.)

Oh no, please, laugh all you want. The CalFree Sourcebook was a total joke
and pissed me off royally. Turned my entire damn state into a friggin'
hellhole. If I ever meet the folks that wrote that book I may very well
have to pop them one across the jaw. I mean, they even forgot about
incredibly important things to California! Wine, suburbs, Catalina Island,
the BEACH!!. All of which are important parts of the California psyche and
economy, but not a damn mention of them, not even once.

Okay, sorry for the rant. Sore subject. But I will pop the fuckwits that
wrote that book if I ever meet them.

Erik J.


"Forgive me FASA for I have sinned. It has been 6 days since I last played
Shadowrun and 15 days since I last bought a SRTCG booster pack."
Message no. 16
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: World Time Zones
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 14:18:05 -0700
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Erik Jameson wrote:

> >> Damn. Which little town did you live in? Eureka or something?
> >
> >Ah go screw yourself and the donkey you rode in on.
>
> Hey, sorry dude. Didn't know you were *that* sensitive. The only cities I
> know of north of the general Bay Area Zone are Eureka, Ukiah and Crescent
> City.

I'm not *that* sensitive.... But having to think about my home town can
be a rather traumatic experience.

> >minds as Southern Oregon. Few seem to realize that San Fransico is
> >smack-dab in the _middle_ of California.
>
> Er, recheck your map Jeff. Right smack in the middle of California are a
> bunch of farms up there in Kern County and the like. The Bay Area is about
> 2/3 of the way up or so. Not as far north as some would believe, but it's
> about a 7-8 hour drive from LA to SF. And only about 5-6 from SF to
> Oregon. Factor in the 2 hours from Mexico to LA...

Okay, yeah, I know. In fact my geography gets a bit scewed from living in
No. Cal as well. It woudl be more accurate to say "the Bay Area" is in
the middle of California, since the line is drawn just south of Salinas at
Carmel for the bottom of the Bay Area. And by "middle" I was talking
North to South. East to West ends you up in the middle of the Central
Valley. And since the coast is more NW-SE than N-S sout of the Bay Area,
yes, San Fran is about 2/3 of the way up the coastline. On the other
hand, due to the state being wider in the north, my statement that nearly
a quarter of the land mass is north if Oroville still stands.

Funny thing is for many years people have been wanting to split the state
up to get more Senators in Congress. Some other states would like to see
it too, to cut down on the fact that California has something like 49
Representatives. Plus the disputes in the State Congress are terrible as
it is. But it actually makes more sense to split it into THREE states
instead of just two. Of course that then causes all sorts of debate that
has gone on for years as to where to draw the lines.

> >Oddly, FASA seems to believe that Oroville will become some huge important
> >metroplex by 205X absorbing nearby Chico and becoming the most important
> >city north of Sacramento, if not San Francisco, being not too far from the
> >Tir border. (Excuse me while I roll about on the floor laughing.)
>
> Oh no, please, laugh all you want. The CalFree Sourcebook was a total joke
> and pissed me off royally. Turned my entire damn state into a friggin'
> hellhole. If I ever meet the folks that wrote that book I may very well
> have to pop them one across the jaw. I mean, they even forgot about
> incredibly important things to California! Wine, suburbs, Catalina Island,
> the BEACH!!. All of which are important parts of the California psyche and
> economy, but not a damn mention of them, not even once.

Yes, well, I suppose somebody would like to know how the Napa Valley
varietals are doing as of 205X...maybe the French will finally relent and
loose their snobbery (especially because many French wines are actually
created from Californian stock, after a blight nearly wiped out France's
wine region many years ago. Nah, who am I kidding? It'd take a lot more
than 60 years to get the French to relent on anything.

I remember fondly the look on Mark N.'s face when I told him his home town
had been turned into a "Pirate Kingdom."

While I don't think I would quite want to "pop them one" it would have
been nice (and I belive I've had this rant before) for FASA to have gone
out and researched the areas that they were going to devote fuller
descriptions to, preferably with people that actually know the area. Me
personally, I know California pretty intimately, north to south, mountains
to valley (even Silicon and The Valley(tm)), so I am probably a lot more
sensitive than most people. I'm sure those on the list from Britain and
Germany have their own rants. And of course, I can only tremble with fear
at what might happen to the NeoAnarchist's Guide to Asia when and if it
ever comes out. It only happens to be where something on the order of
3/5ths of the world's population lives, is all. Add to that being the
home to a significant percentage of the world megacorps (Wuxing, plus the
Japanese megas, and would hope that China, Korea, Indonesia, and India
could house many of the second and third tier megas). I suppose an entire
separate book could be devoted to the Middle East, and one for Africa,
especially for all the people wanting to run mercs. But, given lack of
knowledge, the two of them might get lumped together.

--Catch you later

Jeff

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