I've been reading the list archives. Parts of the discussion are rather
repetetive. I think the search space could be narrowed quite a bit if the
list produced a canonical statement of consensus, listing facts on which
there is no dispute. This would serve much the same purpose as a FAQ,
as
UT1 et al are not really measures of time, but of angle (of Terran
rotation).
To some degree yes, but don't they also include minor
corrections (polar motion, longitude, etc.) and so at one
level they already depart from raw angle measurement
and instead are trying to act like clocks?
/tvb
On Thu 2006-06-01T08:09:22 -0400, John Cowan hath writ:
Some do, some don't, some couldn't care less.
It deserves to be noted that last year at the GA in India URSI
Commission J decided that it couldn't care, and discontinued its
working group on the leap second.
On Thu 2006-06-01T06:25:39 -0700, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
UT1 et al are not really measures of time, but of angle (of Terran
rotation).
To some degree yes, but don't they also include minor
corrections (polar motion, longitude, etc.) and so at one
level they already depart from raw angle
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Rob Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: Actually, this list is not a discussion per se. If we simplify the
: positions - just for the sake of argument here - to leap second yes
: and leap second no, the reality is that the folks pushing the leap
: second
M. Warner Losh scripsit:
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Rob Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: Actually, this list is not a discussion per se. If we simplify the
: positions - just for the sake of argument here - to leap second yes
: and leap second no, the reality is that the
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John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: M. Warner Losh scripsit:
:
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: Rob Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: : Actually, this list is not a discussion per se. If we simplify the
: : positions - just for the
Warner Losh objects:There are several doughty people here who happen to have that opinion, but they abide with us mortals outside the time lords' hushed inner sanctum.I have spent much time explaining why leap seconds cause real problems in real applications, only to be insulted like this.Sincere
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Rob Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: Warner Losh objects:
:
: There are several doughty people here who happen to have that
: opinion, but they abide with us mortals outside the time lords'
: hushed inner sanctum.
:
: I have spent much time
Rob Seaman scripsit:
Interesting question. Perhaps it is the distinction between
addressability and physical pixels that one encounters on image
displays and hardcopy devices? (Still have to posit which is which
in that case :-)
Thanks to those who responded either publicly or privately.
I should perhaps explain that I was interested in an internal
representation for durations, which I am now representing as a triple of
months, minutes, and seconds (the number of minutes in a month is not
predictable, nor the number of seconds in a minute given leap seconds,
but all other
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