On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Mark Calabretta wrote: > On Thu 2011/02/10 10:43:40 -0000, Tony Finch wrote > > > >Also, the "quadratic catastrophe" argument is usually used in support of > >UTC. > > Really? Can you provide references for that.
See for example http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/leapsecs/2011-January/002124.html where Rob Seaman wrote "Civil timekeeping is cumulative. Tiny mistakes posing the problem will result in large and growing permanent errors." Tony. -- 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
