"Such a following"?
Only 18% of respondents preferred "decouple UTC and Earth Rotation":
http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/futureofutc/preprints/18_AAS_11-668_Epilogue.pdf
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On Jan 10, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Peter Vince wrote:
> While there will undoubtedly be some fallout, I think the reason this
> proposal has such a following is that we currently have a *large*
> "bunch of people" who have to "clean up the mess" after each and every
> leap-second. If we do this now, then that's it for tens of
> generations, by which time experience will have decided on the course
> of action.
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 10 January 2012 14:12, Rob Seaman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My, my, my. What a fuss over a few messages that you guys could simply have
>> ignored.
>>
>> Warner Losh wrote:
>>
>>> It is not my job to make their plans for them, nor is it ITUs. If things
>>> change, you need to adapt.
>>
>> No, it is my job to clean up the mess this will leave. It is the job of
>> many other people in astronomy and aerospace and related fields. And unlike
>> Y2K, it is the job of a bunch of people who don't even know the issue exists
>> yet.
>>
>> Obviously we would be forced to adapt. We can't all be a "one-man
>> micronation" like Michael :-) More power to him, but that isn't a
>> "coordinated" plan either.
>>
>> The question is, are you guys going to help clean up the mess? And if not,
>> what are you doing here? Go ahead. Send another dozen messages telling us
>> how this isn't a problem, or if it is that it's one we should have known to
>> solve in 1985.
>>
>> Rob
>>
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