----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] Precise time over time
> On Aug 11, 2005, at 7:27 AM, Peter Bunclark wrote: > > > Surely the point about the slaughterhouse is the thought of the > > throat slasher getting a couple of seconds ahead of the brain stunner. > > That's what I love about this example - it just gets worse and worse > the more you try to clarify. "I see, little Sally, that you don't > fully understand what I'm talking about. You see, it is R2D2's job > to whack the steer over the head with a brain-stunner, and then C3P0 > slashes its throat to let all the blood pour out into the open trench > that flows throughout the abattoir. Watch your step now... Just > think how - messy - it would be if the throat slasher went into > action before the brain stunner! Blood would splatter just > everywhere! And the brain stunner might then miss entirely due to > the animals thrashing about in their death throws, which would make > the subsequent guts eviscerator [presumably "manned" by Pee Wee > Herman's robot from Star Tours] a real horror show. And as you > surely now see, little Sally, all of these robotical slaughterhouse > shenanigans are like totally the fault of those dastardly leap > seconds..." > > Rob Seaman > National Optical Astronomy Observatory > OTOH, wouldn't "Robotical Slaughterhouse" be a kick-ass name for a band? :) Brian Garrett
