Re: BBC - Leap second talks are postponed

mes GMT and BST should be abolished and replaced by WEST/WEDT. That would generate a far greater furore in British politics than any discussion about leap seconds :-) David Harper -- Dr David Harper Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, England Tel: 01223 834244

Re: a system that fails spectacularly

I think says everything you need to know about ISO 9000 in the real world. David Harper -- Dr David Harper Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, England Tel: 01223 834244 Fax: 494919 http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/adh/

Re: a system that fails spectacularly

all, only 102 of us on this mailing list :-) David Harper -- Dr David Harper Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, England Tel: 01223 834244 Fax: 494919 http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/adh/

Re: a system that fails spectacularly

ISO 9000 compliance falls in inverse proportion to the amount of beer they drink. As does their likelihood of observing leap seconds correctly. David Harper -- Dr David Harper Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, England Tel: 01223 834244 Fax: 494919 http://ww

Re: Things to do at about 2005-12-31 23:59:60Z

adjust my body clock by eight time zones means that I am very unlikely to be conscious at the critical moment :-) David Harper -- Dr David Harper Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, England Tel: 01223 834244 Fax: 494919 http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/adh/

Re: went pretty dang smoothly at this end

to fall out of the sky, explode, or otherwise deviate from its course at 23:59:60. David Harper