On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Steve Allen wrote:
>
> There is no practical difference now, but the passage would relinquish
> almost any notion of sovereignty of the US over the characteristics of
> its legal time scale.  If BIPM/CGPM were to redefine the meter as
> something which changed from its current value in a quadratic sense
> there would be general outrage.  These bills would give ITU-R leave
> to redefine the notion of day and night for the US.

But wouldn't this be following a suggestion and encouragement from the US?

Tony.
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