Considering how slowly the seconds accumulate, 99.999999% of the population wouldn't even notice that sunrise was what, 30 seconds off over the course of a century?
The very few that do need to keep track of the rotations of the Earth precisely could easily do so using a library routine that knew the machinations of the slowdown of the Earth... past and present. Why put everyone on Earth at risk when it isn't even close to necessary? -Chuck Harris Neville Michie wrote:
I think a small poke at the system, like inserting a leap second, would save lives. If a system has degraded to a house of cards, the sooner someone pokes it the better. It may also point to those responsible who are not handling their responsibilty of providing bullet proof code. If you can not make a system reliable enough to insert a leap second it probably cannot handle any other unexpected insult, and that may have far worse consequences. Just my 2p worth, Neville Michie _______________________________________________ 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.
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