In message <[email protected]>, Rob Seaman writes:
>On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Warner Losh wrote:
>
>> Sometimes I think we should define a second that's 1e-11 or so shorter so 
>> that the problems of leap seconds disappear into the noise for a generation 
>> or three, but I doubt that would fare any better than any of the other 
>> suggestions made...
>
>It's been ignored since I suggested it in 2001:

You mean:  We realized 30+ years ago that rubber-seconds are totally
unworkable.

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