From 51441e53a498be8464f99586f7e8d9fde598da17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur David Olson Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:19:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Brader additions and improvements SCCS-file: tz-art.htm SCCS-SID: 8.14 --- tz-art.htm | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm index a980c69..5b3616d 100644 --- a/tz-art.htm +++ b/tz-art.htm @@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of "Medium" (originally aired 2007-02-28).
  • -In the 1946 "A Matter of Life and Death," +In the 1946 movie "A Matter of Life and Death" +(U.S. title "Stairway to Heaven") there is a reference to British Double Summer Time. The time does not play a large part in the plot; it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the @@ -363,6 +364,31 @@ The IMDb page is at http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/ . (Dave Cantor) +
  • +The 1953 railway comedy movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" includes a +play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants +him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" +And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." +IMDB page: + +http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/ +. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) +
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  • +The premise of the 1999 caper movie "Entrapment" involves computers +in an international banking network being shut down briefly at +midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition +from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown +is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for +a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the +crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to +the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the +last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 x 60 = 10.) +IMDB page: + +http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ +. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) +