The fall transition to standard time is linked to an increase in crime that costs the country billions of dollars annually. Transitions into and out of daylight saving time are linked to disrupted sleep patterns, increased heart attack risk, and an uptick in fatal car accidents.
And last week, a team of researchers from the departments of psychiatry and political science at the universities of Aarhus, Copenhagen and Stanford added another formal complaint to the indictment against clock-turning: The autumn shift to standard time appears to be closely linked to a jump in depression diagnoses around this time of year.
Why do we continue with this practice? What are the actual benefits?
Yet again we see otherwise smart people doing something silly when it comes to computer security. There’s a lot of detail in the article below, but this quote is definitely something everyone should keep in mind: “There is a massive, massive gulf of understanding between otherwise competent professionals and the most basic tenets of computer…
I am looking forward to checking out Podcamp Ohio on June 28th. Obviously, I’m pretty interested in see how the unconference works out, and meeting other folks interested in blogging/podcasting/vidcasting, since I’m giving up a perfectly good early Summer Saturday to go hang out at the ITT building. *L* Any of my readers going to…
Believing “Missing” Emails Exist Does Not Make Adverse Inference Sanctions Real tags: LitSupport MM Be Careful What You Ask For: Two New Cases Seek to Limit Burdensome E-Discovery Requests tags: LitSupport MM Scanning May No Longer Be Cool, But it’s Still Necessary tags: MM LitSupport Early Survey Results Show Strong Interest In eDiscovery Education And…
Ah California, making things difficult for us poor Litigation Support folks. SB 370 changes the rules in California, and could, potentially be quite messy and expensive, depending on how the rules get clarified in the Courts. In a nutshell, it’s going to change how we produce documents: “Going forward, the producing party is required to…
This apology for unreadable text always makes me wince because it is a self-inflicted wound. When you show text to the jury, it should be because you want the jury to read and understand something. Large blocks of small, difficult-to-read text usually serve only to distract and annoy an audience. I’d say this goes double…
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