Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Steve Allen writes: > >> Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ: >> >>> I suspect a lot of those "somebody" have "phd." after their names, >>> 99.99% or more of the worlds programmers do not. >> >> They don't need PhD to get a system with no leap seconds, all they >> need is a devil-may-care attitude about strict compliance with POSIX >> or conformance to ITU-R recommendations. With that they can buy >> a Meinberg or Symmetricom NTP server, configure it to produce GPS >> time instead of UTC, and live with being 15 seconds fast. > > We've been down this way before Rob, and you never remember how > you are going to get all the customers and politcians to write this into > their requirements and laws instead of UTC.
For that matter I don't even remember commenting on your irrelevant assertion about postgraduate education and computer programmers. Say! Poetry is a way we haven't been down before! Here's how I'd do it! "Leap Secs and DUT1" Do you like leap secs and DUT1? I do not like them, Rob-I-am. I do not like leap secs and DUT1. Would you like them here or there? I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. I do not like leap secs and DUT1. I do not like them, Rob-I-am. Would you like them in a house? Would you like them with a mouse? I do not like them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there. I do not like them anywhere. I do not like leap secs and DUT1. I do not like them, Rob-I-am. I could not, would not, on a boat. I will not, will not, with a goat. I will not leap them in the rain. I will not leap them on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be! I do not like them in a box. I do not like them with a fox. I will not leap them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there. I do not like them ANYWHERE! I do not like leap secs and DUT1! I do not like them, Rob-I-am. You do not like them. SO you say. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may I say. Rob! If you will let me be, I will try them. You will see. Say! I like leap secs and DUT1! I do! I like them, Rob-I-am! And I would leap them in a boat! And I would leap them with a goat... And I will leap them in the rain. And in the dark. And on a train. And in a car. And in a tree. They are so good so good you see! So I will leap them in a box. And I will leap them with a fox. And I will leap them in a house. And I will leap them with a mouse. And I will leap them here and there. Say! I will leap them ANYWHERE! I do so like leap secs and DUT1! Thank you! Thank you, Rob-I-am
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