[time-nuts] Leap second? Yay or nay?

[Jim Palfreyman]

With a large correction then maybe people would take it more seriously like
they did Y2K?


On 2 July 2012 11:03, Brooke Clarke <brooke at pacific.net> wrote:

> Hi Jim:
>
> Would you rather have these minor problems or have a much bigger one when
> they make a larger correction?
> That's assuming that the leap second would be replaced by the leap minute
> or something similar on a larger time scale so that the the time had some
> relationship to the Earth's rotation.
>
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke
> http://www.PRC68.com
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>
> Jim Palfreyman wrote:
>
>> As an astronomer I've been a supporter of the current leap second
>> situation
>> and have not really liked the idea of changing.
>>
>> However, after yesterday I'm thinking of changing my mind.
>>
>> I quite enjoyed having to go through and change all my clocks (including a
>> pendulum clock - now that's a pain!), but then the news came through that
>> Amadeus crashed worldwide. Passengers everywhere were left stranded for
>> hours because of this.
>>
>> Y2K all over again - but this time something big happened.
>>
>> This could also have been serious. Were planes tested in-flight for this?
>> I
>> bet they weren't.
>>
>> Software writers the world over are notorious for not fully testing their
>> code, so the leap second situation in our increasingly time-dependent
>> world
>> has the potential to one day take a life.
>>
>> Maybe it is time to swallow this bitter pill and remove the leap second.
>>
>> I haven't jumped ship yet - but I'm very very close.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Jim Palfreyman
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