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From: "Ed Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:55 PM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] Wikipedia article
> Thanks to those who confirmed the ITU text on when leap seconds can
> be applied.
>
> I've made two small edits to the Wikipedia article to corre
ificant.
The upshot: be careful what you say, gentlemen; someday, a descendent of
Sobel's may write a book about _you_! :)
Brian Garrett
- Original Message -
From: Rob Seaman
To: LEAPSECS@ROM.USNO.NAVY.MIL
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:44 AM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] The fine print
I was rummaging around to see what web service based UTC clocks I could find
for a small data-taking project. (Small project
At 10:20 AM 10/28/2006, you wrote:
Steve Allen scripsit:
For most civil purposes time is only relevant to the nearest minute;
John Cowan replied:
An obvious counterexample is taping TV shows: you don't want to miss
the first or last minute (modulo the presence of commercials).
I go to some tr
Now we have a new illustration of the phrase "good enough for government
work."
Brian Garrett
> --
> Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>WGS-84 (GPS)
> UCO/Lick ObservatoryNatural Sciences II, Room 165Lat
+36.99858
> University of Calif
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:14 AM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] leap seconds in video art
> Earlier this year Felicity Hickson produced a work of art comprised of
> 23 seconds of statements by 23 people on the 23 leap seconds sinc
ch with hands
pointing at a blank dial neither knows nor cares about any of the esoterica
discussed on this list; for him, the time will be whatever They(tm) say it
is.
If that's what is meant by "broadcast civil time signals", then it's true:
we're being served chronological junk food and most folks couldn't care
less.
Bon appetit!
Brian Garrett
rrection in binary-coded decimal form, and is
capable of representing DUT1 values up to +/- 1.5 seconds with their current
format. I would think other longwave stations do the same, but not knowing
their particular BCD format I couldn't say what DUT1 values they are capable
of representing.
Brian Garrett
While counting down to 23:59:60, you may enjoy comedian Steve Martin's take
on 2005's final moment:
http://tinyurl.com/9mv4y
Happy New Year!
Brian Garrett
hat its Java applet isn't up to
handling the leap second though. I have tried to contact the webmaster to
inquire but (understandably) I have not gotten a response.
4 days, one hour and (tick, tick, tick, bep) 46 minutes to go.
Brian Garrett
Brian
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From: "Tom Van Baak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] Schreiver AFB warns about leapsec
> > > While you're at it let's change when leaps occur; not
> > > just at 23:59:59
> > > ...
> > I second this too, 23:59:5
going to be confused by their
misleading use of the acronym, it's hardly a surprise that a leap second is
going to pull the rug off their code and expose the bugs they've swept
underneath it.
Brian Garrett
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From: "Rob Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] BBC - Leap second talks are postponed
> On Nov 21, 2005, at 1:53 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
>
> > It is NOT CALLED "daylight saving" and it is NOT saving any
Well, they'll get a _little_ more time on 31 December... ;-)
Brian
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Van Baak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] BBC - Leap second talks are postponed
> BBC News, 9 November 2005, 08:36 GMT [sic]
>
> http
anned" by Pee Wee
> Herman's robot from Star Tours] a real horror show. And as you
> surely now see, little Sally, all of these robotical slaughterhouse
> shenanigans are like totally the fault of those dastardly leap
> seconds..."
>
> Rob Seaman
> National Optical Astronomy Observatory
>
OTOH, wouldn't "Robotical Slaughterhouse" be a kick-ass name for a band? :)
Brian Garrett
omination; e.g.,
>
> http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050707-090936-2878r.htm
>
Yikes. I wonder if this newspaper is where President Bush gets his science
information. It would explain a lot...
Brian Garrett
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:33 AM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] GeT
> Apparently during the Y2K hype I missed on one aspect of timekeeping
> that may have been a prompting factor in starting up the leap sec
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] more media coverage
> CNN is broadcasting the video form of this story today
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/22/time.boulden/index.html
uch that a particular second (leap or not) should
make a difference. I'm still intersted in finding out about UT1 (or UT2)
being the basis of civil time; I thought we in the U.S., atavistic though we
may be about switching to SI units, were at least on track with the rest of
the world by making UTC the legal basis of civil time.
Brian Garrett
if true, but even if it is (I couldn't find any documentation of this), I
would have to wonder how DUT1 becomes an issue if the tolerance is (as
currently) less than one second?
Does anyone have any firshand knowledge of forensic medical issues related
to DUT1? The implications of removing the 0.9s limit are clear if Prof.
Mills is correct, but my impression was that time-of-day need only be
precise to within one minute for birth and death certificates.
Brian Garrett
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