Re: First post of 2008? (Look! Brand new subject! Reassuringly off-topic!)

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Duck <duck@roaming.ath.cx> writes:
> Easterliness alone isn't enough, however. For example, Brisbane is 153E,
> but is one hour behind Sydney (like many tropical places, Queensland
> doesn't have daylight savings), which is 151E.

It seems more reasonable to simply ignore such silliness and consider
where the sunlight will come first (past the international dateline)...

-Miles

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.Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.