Warner Losh wrote:
One thing I've proposed on other lists is to allow UT1-UTC to get as large as say 5s or 10s. Then predict the number of leap seconds we'll have over the next 10, 20, 50 years (whatever the state of the art is believed to be to keep DUT1 in that new, looser range). We then schedule today that they will happen at these times over the next 10, 20 or 50 years. The earth's natural variation may mean that UT1-UTC is > 1s during these times, but is still bounded because we've added these seconds. ....
Is "bounded" right here? Perhaps "unbounded but probably quite small" would be better. Ed.
