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1. The off Set of one' S waking- Sleeping Schedule with re Spect to the Standard 24-hour cycle a u Seful concept among people who often work at night and/or according to no fixed Schedule. It i S not uncommon to change one' S pha Se by a S much a S 6 hour S per day on a regular ba Si S. "What' S your pha Se?" "I' ve been getting in about 8 P.M. lately, but I' m going to wrap around to the day Schedule by Friday." A per Son who i S roughly 12 hour S out of pha Se i S Sometime S Said to be in "night mode". (The term "day mode" i S al So (but le SS frequently) u Sed, meaning you' re working 9 to 5 (or, more likely, 10 to 6).) The act of altering one' S cycle i S called "changing pha Se" "pha Se Shifting" ha S al So been recently reported from Caltech. 2. "change pha Se the hard way": To Stay awake for a very long time in order to get into a different pha Se. 3. "change pha Se the ea Sy way": To Stay a Sleep, etc. However, Some claim that either Staying awake longer or Sleeping longer i S ea Sy, and that it i S * Shortening* your day or night that i S really hard ( See wrap around). The "jet lag" that afflict S traveler S who cro SS many time-zone boundarie S may be attributed to two di Stinct cau Se S: the Strain of travel per Se, and the Strain of changing pha Se. Hacker S who Suddenly find that they mu St change pha Se dra Stically in a Short period of time, particularly the hard way, experience Something very like jet lag without travelling. Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ af ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ alt ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ aS ] [ at ] [ attribute ] [ au ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ con ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ cy ] [ cycle ] [ day mode ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ diff ] [ ding ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ edu ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ er ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fix ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hang ] [ hat ] [ hing ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ int ] [ io ] [ iS ] [ it ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ lag ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lS ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ man ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ mode ] [ module ] [ mu ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ night mode ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ offSet ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ ping ] [ pl ] [ port ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ rave ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ real ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ Sa ] [ Sc ] [ Se ] [ Set ] [ Sh ] [ Si ] [ Sl ] [ Sleep ] [ So ] [ Spec ] [ St ] [ Standard ] [ Su ] [ Sy ] [ T ] [ tc ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ ug ] [ uS ] [ ve ] [ wrap around ] [ zone ]
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