[LEAPSECS] ATT drops time

[Rob Seaman]

On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Brian Garrett wrote:


> Since it was the time-of-day recording (or speaking clock as they  

> say Across The Pond) that got me interested in precise timekeeping  

> at the age of ten, it's with a bit of nostalgia that I recognize  

> their obsolescence in this day of radio-controlled watches and CDMA- 

> synced cell phones.  The fascination with the idea that there *is*  

> a correct time, and that it's someone's job to make sure people  

> know what it is, is something that has never entirely left me.


Well said!

I'll take issue with the "idea that there *is* a correct time",  
however.  There are many correct times.  That's the whole problem.   
But such clocks certainly addressed the null hypothesis by  
demonstrating that there are even more incorrect ones :-)

Rob Seaman
NOAO