A fair amount of work here. You must have been pretty motivated.
Nah just thirty minutes before I put my knight rider pajamas on, said my prayers, and went nye nye.
Just a thought here Grizz. While your assessment seems correct, perhaps the reason is very logical. Often in an equation with many variables, the values are set to the extremes to determine the sensitivity of the equation to those variables. Then they can be adjusted with some confidence.
To me it shows a complete lack of understanding of what people want and how to compromise. Was 1 Hour too short? Maybe. They should decide that 1 hour is too short for certain reasons and based off those reasons, adjust the time slightly, maybe making it 3-4 hours. That would be a small, but effective change to compromise to both sides. The war guys would be happy, furballers would gripe still but it at least would be understandable and manageable. Twelve hours though? Give me a break.