Re: [LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-15 Thread Steve Allen
On Thu 2015-01-15T03:24:43 +, Alex Currant via LEAPSECS hath writ: The ITU link says there will be 2-3 minutes discrepancy by 2100. At the current rate of 1 every 3 years, we would expect 80/3, or 26.667 seconds discrepancy. I have found a reference which estimates the effect of the tidal

Re: [LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 17038998.837509.1421292283082.javamail.ya...@jws100167.mail.ne1.yah oo.com, Alex Currant via LEAPSECS writes: Who is right? That reminds me, has anybody tried to do the math on climate change ? The main effect is (probably?) going to be the thermal expansion of the worlds

Re: [LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-15 Thread Alex Currant via LEAPSECS
The ITU link says there will be 2-3 minutes discrepancy by 2100.   At the current rate of 1 every 3 years, we would expect 80/3, or 26.667 seconds discrepancy.   I have found a reference which estimates the effect of the tidal slow-down and predicts that the discrepancy will still be less than

Re: [LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-15 Thread mike
Le 14.01.2015 04:28, Steve Allen a écrit : On Tue 2015-01-13T11:03:35 -0500, Brooks Harris hath writ: This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/13/technology/leap-second/index.html [1] In that article is a link to a recent version of the

Re: [LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-13 Thread Steve Allen
On Tue 2015-01-13T11:03:35 -0500, Brooks Harris hath writ: This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/13/technology/leap-second/index.html In that article is a link to a recent version of the Draft CPM document with the options that are being

Re: [LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-13 Thread Steffen Nurpmeso
Brooks Harris bro...@edlmax.com wrote: |This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet |http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/13/technology/leap-second/index.html I liked very much that one of the first things Jobs' widow did was to spend money for high quality journalism. Oh man, *how*

[LEAPSECS] This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet -Brooks

2015-01-13 Thread Brooks Harris
This year's Y2K: 'Leap second' threatens to break the Internet http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/13/technology/leap-second/index.html -Brooks ___ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs