On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Rob Seaman wrote: > Tony Finch wrote: > > > the whole point of universal time is that it's the default timscale > > for civil use and only specialists should need anything else. > > Stephen should add this to the consensus building list.
Does that mean that you agree that its very tight coupling to earth rotation is a historical artefact rather than a necessary feature? i.e. "whole point" or "main point"? Tony (being argumentative). -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
