PT Barnum was right

2006-07-06 Thread Steve Allen
In the news.google this week is a press release for a clock that automatically tracks leap seconds. The PR glowingly touts how the clock traceable to NIST, so it is useful for timekeeping in all sorts of processes that need ISO 9000 certification. http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/488673 It

Re: PT Barnum was right

2006-07-06 Thread Rob Seaman
Steve Allen wrote:In the news.google this week is a press release for a clock thatautomatically tracks leap seconds.Anybody volunteering to tell these guys that their product is about to be orphaned?  Sounds like a lawsuit in the making.  Would think the ITU lawyers would be interested in their

Re: PT Barnum was right

2006-07-06 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Cowan writes: Rob Seaman scripsit: Most troubling would be if two moving platforms are depending on GPS units with differing delays, e.g., two airplanes following neighboring flight paths. How far does an airplane move in 2 seconds? What is the minimum

Re: PT Barnum was right

2006-07-06 Thread Brian Garrett
- Original Message - From: Steve Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LEAPSECS@ROM.USNO.NAVY.MIL Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:27 AM Subject: [LEAPSECS] PT Barnum was right (gesnippt) Finally, I've been spending a lot of time in the LA region lately. The CBS radio affiliate in the SF Bay area

Re: PT Barnum was right

2006-07-06 Thread Rob Seaman
On Jul 6, 2006, at 12:46 PM, Brian Garrett wrote: I was told that the station delays their broadcast in order to enable on-the-spot editing of objectionable material. Surely the requirement is to permit review of *potentially* objectionable material. A time signal is no such thing and need