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I was doing some work today where I was having to debug a mapping 
application. While taking a break to allow my eyes to refocus - I 
decided to just look at a map. The US latitude runs from 24 deg to 48 
degrees. In the US Denver is 39.75 degrees, Seattle is 47.6, Washington 
DC is about 39 degrees, LA is about 34 and Miami is about 25 degrees. 
Now for Europe:

The UK runs from 50 to 58
France runs from 43 to 50
Germany runs from 47 to 54
Spain is the furtherest south 35 to 43.

Israel is runs from 29 to 33.

As far as climate the average temp in Paris is 55 to 75 in July, with 
Germany running about the same. in the UK the average July temps run 
from (54 to 71) in London to (51 to 66) in Edinburgh and today it is 81 
degrees at my house. We all know what our temps are like in July - 
particularly East of Big Muddy.

It is little wonder that Europe is quite happy with 30 minutes and we 
are having a debate. Except for Spain Europe, is more north than Denver, 
which is about half way North to South in the US. From what I remember 
Israel does not use 30 minutes at the end. Because Europe is so much 
further than the US - they don't face many of the same issues when it 
comes to endurance.

It seems based on basic geography and the resulting climatic conditions 
- the rule used in Europe is not all that relevant to the conditions in 
the US.

Truman

--

“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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