> On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Rob Seaman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 12, 2015, at 1:04 PM, Warner Losh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So why is keeping us inline with solar days so desirable? The rate of >> change is so slow and the number of people already out of sync with >> solar time on the second level is so large it seems like a lot of hassle >> for not much benefit when DUT1 can be known. > > “Seems like a lot of hassle” is not a coherent engineering argument. > Proponents of change to such a fundamental standard should quantify the > trade-offs and risks before conducting a politicized vote. Few communities > have been consulted even now.
It is a perfectly valid engineering argument: The cost to do X is exceeded by the benefit. Warner
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