I find it remarkable that one group of time users chose a particular time dissemination mode (GPS) and made the typical array of poor decisions / errors with software. They also create a rather arbitrary demand of obtaining correct UTC within 5 minutes of installing hardware that has been sitting on a shelf for years.
They then decide the solution to there largely self-made problems is that the rest of the world should: -Redefine the name for the most widely used time scale in a way that conflicts with the present definition. -Everyone who wrote correct software to re-correct the software. -Abandon any cultural connection between civil time and actual earth rotation -Rewrite laws that refer to mean time so they refer to UTC, since the difference between mean time and UTC will gradually become legally significant. I'm inclined to reject the proposal on the grounds that the proposers are too arrogant. Gerry Ashton _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
