Folks,
You might find this article of some interest. It reports an effort made
by some people to convince the ITU (formerly, International Telegraph
Union) to change the way that UTC is calculated, probably by departing
from the "atomic second" as they call it -- actually, the unit second as
defined by the SI. At least that's my reading of the article. Since all
"leap seconds" have been positive, I suppose that amounts to them
wanting to stretch the second, so to speak. Keep in mind, these are
radio and TV folks, not metrologists most likely.
My guess is that the ITU will listen politely and decline to take the
recommended action.
Jim
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/07/scientists-fight-effort-to-redefine-time/?test=faces
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