Things are already predictable out 18-24 months. And we know the long term trends. Leap seconds could be annonced out 2 years at least with no other changes to the current system. There is nothing magic about 6 months.

Warner


On Oct 5, 2009, at 7:12 PM, Ashley Yakeley <[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 19:06 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
The fundamental problem is that leap seconds are announced 6 months in
advance.  This is too little time.

Predictability might be extended by careful manipulation of a system of
dams on rivers near the equator.

--
Ashley Yakeley

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