[LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px6nS80SdkE -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Nero Imhard
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px6nS80SdkE Does will take a landmark decision mean that the outcome of the vote is already known? N ___ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 20f6aafc88d7250099e59890190b96cf.squir...@mx.pipe.nl, Nero Imhard writes: Does will take a landmark decision mean that the outcome of the vote is already known? Unsubstantiated rumours seems to say that leap seconds are gone, but I don't see any of these rumours being sourced or

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Rob Seaman
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Unsubstantiated rumours seems to say that leap seconds are gone, At least one more. I hear Somerset is lovely in June... ___ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
One thing that amuses me in a perverse fashion, is that all the news stories talk about how Time specialists, Timekeepers, Scientists etc are deciding the fate etc. when in fact almost all the delegates who can vote are diplomats, and the non-voting delegates are almost entirely broadcast and

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Rob Seaman
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: Can we even find one single qualified time-nut in Geneva if we try ? None of us can afford them: http://www.ablogtoread.com/breaking-down-the-2011-grand-prix-d’horlogerie-de-geneve-awards/ BTW, is there anything actually informative in the youtube video? I

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message b4548797-6641-4bf3-a7a8-9a8bec9dd...@noao.edu, Rob Seaman writes: BTW, is there anything actually informative in the youtube video? Not, really, he's doing a damn good job at illustrating why so many people don't understand what leap seconds are to begin with. His pronounciation of

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Rob Seaman
His pronounciation of lip seconds probably doesn't help. I'll definitely buy you a beer when this is all over, if only for this comment. ___ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs

Re: [LEAPSECS] ITU video interview

2012-01-19 Thread Mark Calabretta
On Thu 2012/01/19 08:33:14 PDT, Rob Seaman wrote in a message to: Leap Second Discussion List leapsecs@leapsecond.com BTW, is there anything actually informative in the youtube video? Yes. This is what he said: For the first years we won't notice, but as I said before, after a hundred