The blogosphere is abuzz about the conference in Qatar Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7359258.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Time Disconnecting UTC from GMT, from the sun, may be playing with fire. The ITU-R is not constructed to handle these sorts of issues. This could be fun. I still think it's simplest if the ITU-R simply declares that time broadcasts would switch to a leapsecond-free, Torino-conference-like entity named such as TI, leaving UTC with BIPM. That would solve the ITU-R's problem -- getting a leap-free time scale. It makes everything else "someone else's problem", a strategy that is perfectly consistent with the historical actions of the CCIR and ITU-R. -- Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
