Hello All,
I read some of the material. Some of it makes it sound that the proposal
is so earth-shattering and mind-bending that no mere mortal
can understand what it means.
So, are they talking about basing it off of a physical phenomena, like one
of the atomic clocks at NIST or something like that?
As Bill above mentions - the notion of day and night still mean something
to us earthlings, and even the clocks at NIST should have
some type of heavenly body to help with occasional synchronization, correct?
I didn't take it as being against leap-seconds either - but maybe I have
missed the point or one of the points.
One would think irregardless of the method chosen, the occasional
correction will be necessary.
One has to admit though - that it is interesting. Even in Star Trek
stardates were tied to days - which still means tied to a heavenly body.
Hmmm.
Regards,
John W.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net wrote:
The proposal is that UTC no longer be tied to the rotation of the Earth.
If UTC is decoupled from leap seconds, presumably to make things easier
for some activist group, then the rest of us will have to go back to
GMT.
We inhabit the Earth, not some computer simulation.
Bill Hawkins
-Original Message-
From: Max Robinson
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:54 PM
I wonder if they are just going to let it drift or keep it in some kind
of
sync so sunrise won't eventually occur at 1 AM local clock time.
- Original Message -
From: Daniel Schultz n8...@usa.net
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 5:46 AM
I received this notice on the Solar Eclipse mailing list. I am
re-posting it
here since it seems to be a subject of interest to members of the
time-nuts
list, at least those who live close to Washington, DC or are willing to
travel.
Dan Schultz N8FGV
*
Future of Time at DC AAS meeting
The announcement for a AAS splinter meeting on the leap second / UTC
issue
is appended. We welcome the participation of members of the solar
eclipse
community who will be attending the AAS meeting or who may be located
near
Washington, DC. AAS registration is not required to participate. Please
forward the announcement to anybody you think might be interested in the
future of solar time.
Rob Seaman
NOAO
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