On Tue 2011-09-27T00:03:12 +0100, Clive D.W. Feather hath writ: > I actually have no problem with your call for engineering requirements. > Though I'd like to know where they were when the leap second was invented.
The CCIR and ITU-R have been effective at producing recommendations while leaving scant evidence of the process. Such records as exist in other proceedings say that the late 1960s calls for broad consensus and cooperation were ignored. This is consistent with the 1972 Metrologia contribution by BIPM director J. Terrien http://iopscience.iop.org/0026-1394/8/3/004/ where he says "regrettable misunderstandings, especially between astronomers and physicists, have crept into discussions on time and frequency." -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
