Hello,
I am a new entrant into the leap second debate and I have just written a
paper in which I have outlined what I think is the real problem with UTC
and leap seconds as they are currently implemented and a proposed
solution. I have put the article on my web page:
http://ivan.Harhan.ORG/~msok
On Sat 2006-01-07T00:32:44 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
> TAI
> Owned by BIPM / Metre Convention
This is indisputably agreed to be true since the demise of the BIH.
I know of no endorsement for the use of TAI outside of metrological
circumstances.
> UTC
>
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
Universal Time = confusing term which comes handy when trying to
manipulate discussions about leap second futures.
I have to take issue with this one. It's obvious from the current definition
and terminology used with Coordinated Universal Time
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Seaman writes:
>Perhaps what we need is simply to define our terms. A lot of the
>friction on LEAPSECS undoubtedly comes from conflicting meanings.
Good point.
>Civil Time = the common basis for diverse time usage worldwide
No.
Civil Time is a leg
I said (and continue to assert):
civil time (as we know it) IS mean solar time
John Cowan demurs:
Why do you persist in claiming that "all parties must certainly
agree" on something that is precisely the point most in dispute?
No communication with you is possible until you accept that ther
My VLF/LF capture has started to yield information now.
I captured the antennasignal from my home-brew loop antenna
(http://phk.freebsd.dk/loran-c/Antenna/) with an Adlink 9812
ADC card at 12 bits and 5 million samples per second.
In total I have 400GB of capture, almost 8 seconds around
the
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 08:24:39PM +, Ed Mirmak wrote:
> Those who have submitted data, plots, or descriptions of system response to
> the leap second addition may want to forward those messages to ITU WP-7A.
>
> Related to the Nov 2005 U.S. proposal to the ITU to redefine UTC and
> abandon lea
Clive D.W. Feather scripsit:
> John Cowan said:
> > Barry gules and argent of seven and six,John Cowan
> > on a canton azure fifty molets of the second. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > --blazoning the U.S. flag http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
>
> You don't get odd numbers of barry.
