Watching the video interviews on that site, with the members of the public, I was disappointed that most of them seemed unaware of any technical problems the leap-seconds cause. I think the team running those sessions did the whole idea a dis-service by not making those problems clearer :-(
On 5 February 2015 at 08:22, <m...@lumieresimaginaire.com> wrote: > Le 04.02.2015 15:49, Steve Allen a écrit : > > Thanks for this and your previous mail. Are you aware of any other > countries which have 'polled' their populations? On first scan it is clear > that the British are concerned more about social/cultural issues than with > cost/technical arguments, even mentioning, and I find this encouraging, > that the UK deciders think out of the national box, taking into account > international cultural points of view. > > Keep 'em coming. > > Mike > > > > The final report of the UK leap seconds dialog is > athttp://leapseconds.co.uk/reports-findings-dialogue/ > > Search for the word "congestion" where it looks as if it once had a > footnote mentioning a system which has avoided leap second problems by > adopting a purely atomic time scale. > > -- > Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) > UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 > 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 > Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing > listLEAPSECS@leapsecond.comhttps://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs > >
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