Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> What "authority" would that be, and what powers would it have ?
Per SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE
REFERENCE, we know that:
"NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2011."
> I don't need to remind you, that nobody would be surprised if the vote fails
> in ITU-R
I'd be surprised. They haven't shown much sense yet.
> and USA then throw the toys out of the pram and declares that they will
> discontinue leap-seconds anyway.
...but I'd be gobsmacked if the USA (whatever that means) acted unilaterally in
that eventuality.
There literally is no hurry. This is a completely manufactured crisis.
Factions in the USA disagree about the issues.
> Yeah, it wouldn't be pretty, but neither are engineering drawings in two
> units of measurements.
"Pretty" isn't the primary goal of engineering. "Optimal" isn't even the goal.
Engineering is an exercise in satisficing to meet requirements. Seeking
consensus in advance of decision-making is the most efficient way to go about
it. Expending a little effort to actually discover the requirements is even
more fundamental.
Rob
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