In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed Davies writes: >I wrote: >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> Four really, some of us say: >> >> 3. Realize that the Earth is a lousy clock and go entirely atomic. >> >> But for all practical purposes the difference between 2b and 3 is >> not something I (need to) care about. > >Agreed that there's no difference for practical purposes, but >what differences do you have in mind for impractical purposes? >Just when the paper work gets done or something more?
I guess the most impractical purpose is that 2b gives the astronomers a sacred goal to work towards in the long run, whereas 3 is a straight defeat for them. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
