This list is good at disagreeing, but given the brainpower here, perhaps some consensus building might be good? I'll try one approach, and see what happens.
The concept here is to initially create a list of relevant statements that *everyone* agrees with and no-one disagrees with. ie. remove opinions and solutions and focus on agreement first. These statements will begin by being very banal, but later would be more challenging. Each statement must be reasonably precise and *standalone*. It is imperitive that any statement is not read as being an implication of any further statement which you personally might disagree with. I'll start with some that I think are agreed, if fairly banal. Statements: - the SI-second is a standardised unit of measurement - the SI-second is currently defined as a fixed number of transitions of a caesium atom - the current definition of the SI-second was ratified in 1967 - the solar-day is a commonly used unit of measurement - the solar day is not currently a fixed number of SI-seconds - the length of a solar day in SI-seconds varies over time If anyone disgrees with a statement, then say so. And if you like the approach, then suggest some more statements you believe are generally agreed (eg. try defning solar-day, TAI, UT1, UT, UTC in a way everyone would agree with, if necessary using "currently" to limit the scope of a definition) Stephen _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
