<http://www.mmsend10.com/link.cfm?r=127900431&sid=13700921&m=1365693&u=IEEEN Y&s=http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/at-work/innovation/does-anybody-really- know-what-time-it-is/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=051 911> Podcast: When Will We Get Serious About the Leap Second?
We all go along with the agreement to add a 366th day to the calendar every fourth year. But few people outside of computer scientists and managers of computer chip foundries-whose operation depends on fraction-of-a-second precision-have even heard of the leap second. Host Steven Cherry talks with Poul-Henning Kamp, an independent software developer who maintains the principal network time servers for his home nation of Denmark. Among the many questions Kamp addresses is why a standard way of dealing with this tiny but crucial adjustment in time has yet to be enacted. Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
