On Fri 2009-01-02T00:10:10 -0500, Daniel R. Tobias hath writ: > What does "mean" mean? Don't be mean about it! :-)
In this particular arena, the accepted meaning of mean has been changed as it was handed along a chain of names, notably among them, but not limited to Ptolemy 150 Huygens 1665 Flamsteed 1672 Newcomb 1895 Aoki et al. 1982 Capitaine et al. 2000 Curiously enough, in scant weeks the Secretary of State, who has sayso over the US position presented to ITU-R by USWP7A delegates, will be the woman whose husband's presidential deposition included the infamous words "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XT-l-_3y0 This whole issue is a conventional matter, and conventional reality is established in accordance with the needs of its makers. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
