Re: Design - a Tufte decision

2006-12-28 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rob Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:02 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : > Calculating time intervals for times 6+ months in the future can be : > the least of one's worries when one tries to code up a library to deal : > gracefull

Design - a Tufte decision

2006-12-28 Thread Rob Seaman
On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:02 AM, M. Warner Losh wrote: Calculating time intervals for times 6+ months in the future can be the least of one's worries when one tries to code up a library to deal gracefully with these different failure modes. The trivial case where one has perfect knowledge of TAI-U