Here's a good op-ed piece from Manila about the leap second.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jul/14/yehey/opinion/20050714opi1.html
It ends thus
Why worry? Or, more to the point, what's the point?
[...]
It's good to know that there are people who take these things
seriously. But for most of us, a second more or a second less is
more or less a question of taste.
and happy Bastille Day, albeit a bit late.
--
Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS)
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