In message <[email protected]>, "Finklema n, Dave" writes:
> He claims that only a "countable few" disagree with the recommendation. I agree with him on this. Outside the usual suspects on the LEAPSECS list I have a hard time finding anybody who will defend leap seconds. > He cites Steve Allen, John Seago, and Ken Seidelmann among the countable few. Best way to disprove this claim: Write a half-page summary of the evils you perceive from removing leap-seconds, and collect relevant and credible signatures until his claim is proven wrong. Note that Nobel-Prize winners seem to have lower batting average in this game than regular players. > I hesitate to accuse Bob of slander, but draw your own conclusions. In general truth is an affirmative defense against an accusation of libel or slander, so unless you can prove his claim definitively wrong, you should not feed the laywers. > What course of action would the group recommend? Don't overreact. Use your scientific training to find out if he is right-ier than yourself. Call him og meet with him to discuss it face to face. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
