[time-nuts] Re: UTC - A Cautionary Tale

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Jul 14 16:05:08 EDT 2005


In message <E1Dt4bg-0001uH-EB at febo.com>, "Jack Hudler" writes:

If they can tell the difference, why do they use the word "time"
when they keep telling us that "everybody" needs earth rotational
orientation ?

Poul-Henning

>It's not that we can't tell the difference; we just can't forecast the
>difference.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>I find it surreal that astronomers cannot tell the difference
>between precision time and the Earth rotational orientation.
>
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