Warner Losh wrote: > Rob Seaman wrote: >> Time, on the other hand, is a complex concept of diverse meanings. It will >> come as no surprise that I regard civil timekeeping as most closely allied >> with its meaning as an angular reference. > > The close alignment is due to the historical definition of the second. There > is also a close relationship between the second, the Hz and pure elapsed time > from an epoch. There's two time scales here, no matter how you slice it. > The main point of contention between us has been which one should be primary > :)
Perhaps the main point between us. The proposed revision to ITU-R 460-6, however, is a fumble-fingered attempt to pretend those two very different time scales are the same thing. Rob _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
