Hi Steve, Sure they did, but nobody could move fast enough to notice!! Jim Steve Hubbell wrote: > > Do technical preindustrial societies have "time zones"? > > >From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> > >I assert that no technical preindustrial society would be able to support > >a system with varying-length hours, not simply because of the difficulty > >of keeping time, but the horror of accounting for time periods in > >contracts, between time zones, ... > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- ! Jim Katz ! Certified Clarion Developer ! Author: ABC DLL Toolkit Maintainer: DEF for ABC,DET for Legacy ! Web Site: http://home.iag.net/~jimkatz/ ! Company: iTradeZone,Inc. ! Using Clarion for Windows - Always looking for the simpler solution.