[WikiEN-l] RE: Wikipedia scheduled downtime tonight

[Tony Wilson]

Brion wrote:

> The downtime window will cover roughly 04:00-08:00 UTC (UK time). For us
> USians, that's 8pm-midnight PST / 11pm-3am EST. Australians & others,
> please check http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone for the appropriate
> offset to your local time. 

Just one problem. You forgot that Australians are too stupid to be able
to calculate how many hours away from UTC they are, and which one you
are supposed to add to the other one to get the right one. Or is it
subtract? 

Errr .. Guess it will be back up when it's back up. (And I reckon the
next rain might come when my hat gets wet.)

(PS: why is it that I can calculate a standard error on the back of an
envelope; work out an appropriate discount on a $1950 sale in my head
without scratching it; but haven't quite got the hang of telling the
time yet? Is it something to do with big hands and little hands?)