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

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sat Jul 16 19:24:33 EDT 2005


In message: <6.2.3.4.0.20050716185821.03f36bc8 at mjs.alientech.net>
            mikes at flatsurface.com (Mike S) writes:
: At 06:36 PM 7/16/2005, Robert Lutwak wrote...
: >As for concern that people in 10,000 years won't conform to having the sun come up 15 minutes earlier, I'd say y'all are underestimating the power of adaptive evolution.
: Innumeracy or deliberate and egregious understatement? AM and PM
: would be reversed in about 1/2 that time. I'd say y'all are
: underestimating the problems a very fundamental change in the basis
: for timekeeping will create.

I assume that you are looking at:

	http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/dutc.html

Also, the following is a good resource

	http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/onlinebib.html

Also, not everyone is arguing for the outright elimination of leap
seconds.  Only for them ceasing to be random events with < 6 months
notice.  No need to get so beligerent in your discourse.

Warner




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