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Here you will find the latest news on what is happening in the testing world. The reason why we have moved the news section to a seperate page is because we might be able to get more access to the forums at high traffic levels since the forums run off the MySQL server and so does the news on the main page. So instead of everyone signing onto dishnewbies and using up more of the MySQL server each time there is a hit, we can save bandwidth by having users just click on the news link at the side and you would be able to gather the latest news information that has been given.

Friendly reminder that the free month is almost up
Posted by Clumppy on Sun, 3 Jan 2010 01:58 PM

Just letting everyone know that the free month that was awarded will be coming to a end on Jan 8, 2010. Was great to see alot of other members pop back on and hope you guys stick around for the long run while we wait for anything to appear for nagra 3 if anything is to come out. Also on the side note we now have a new subscription package that was just added which gives you 60 days for 6 bucks which is PayPal only.

Hope everyone enjoyed the run and had a safe and happy holidays. Lets see what 2010 can bring us shall we.

HAPPY NEW YEARS !
Posted by convictus on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:44 PM

[size="5"]Happy New Years !![/size]

May 2010 bring good health, happiness and prosperity to us all

Daylight Saving Time
Posted by jeremyl on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:25 PM

When we change our clocks
Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.

> See more information about elsewhere in the world.


Spring forward, Fall back

During DST, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.




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United
States
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Year DST Begins at 2 a.m. DST Ends at 2 a.m.

2004-------April 4-------------------------- October 31
2005-------April 3-------------------------- October 30
2006-------April 2 --------------------------October 29
2007-------March 11------------------------November 4
2008-------March 9-------------------------November 2
2009-------March 8-------------------------November 1
2010-------March 14-----------------------November 7
2011-------March 13-----------------------November 6
________________________________________US calculator valid 1976-2099






Date change in 2007

On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

Spelling and grammar

The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.

Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Because of this, it would be more accurate to refer to DST as daylight-saving time. Similar examples would be a mind-expanding book or a man-eating tiger. Saving is used in the same way as saving a ball game, rather than as a savings account.

Nevertheless, many people feel the word savings (with an 's') flows more mellifluously off the tongue. Daylight Savings Time is also in common usage, and can be found in dictionaries.

Adding to the confusion is that the phrase Daylight Saving Time is inaccurate, since no daylight is actually saved. Daylight Shifting Time would be better, but it is not as politically desirable.

When in the morning?

In the U.S., clocks change at 2:00 a.m. local time. In spring, clocks spring forward from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. In the EU, clocks change at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time. In spring, clocks spring forward from 12:59 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

In the U.S., restaurants and bars have various closing policies. In many states, liquor cannot be served after 2:00 a.m. But at 2:00 a.m. in the fall, the time switches back one hour. So, can they serve alcohol for that additional hour in October? The official answer is that the bars do not stop serving liquor at 2:00 a.m., but actually at 1:59 a.m. So, they have already stopped serving when the time changes from Daylight Saving Time into Standard Time. In practice, however, many establishments stay open an extra hour in the fall.

In the U.S., 2:00 a.m. was originally chosen as the changeover time because it was practical and minimized disruption. Most people were at home and this was the time when the fewest trains were running. It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants, and it prevents the day from switching to yesterday, which would be confusing. It is early enough that the entire continental U.S. switches by daybreak, and the changeover occurs before most early shift workers and early churchgoers are affected.
Some U.S. areas

For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and Arizona . The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

A safety reminder

Many fire departments encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder. "A working smoke detector more than doubles a person's chances of surviving a home fire," says William McNabb of the Troy Fire Department in Michigan. More than 90 percent of homes in the United States have smoke detectors, but one-third are estimated to have dead or missing batteries.


> For information about world calendars, see Calendars through the Ages.

bev down on 6000 series ird's
Posted by jeremyl on Sun, 2 Mar 2008 10:47 AM

Its a force update most likely on what happened with the 6100s a couple weeks ago. Getting all the receivers ready for new cards.

bev down on 6000 series ird's
Posted by jeremyl on Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:13 PM

Mine is in my spare closet....lol
just waiting to be jtagged correctly with a buffered jtag...