[LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time

[Greg Hennessy]

>> A notable difference between these versions and previous ones is 

>> that the CGPM's UTC shall be interpreted by the Secretary of the Navy 

>> as well as NIST.

> 

> So the final determination of the policy issue (yea or nay on leap 

> seconds) shall be whether the US military industrial complex believes 

> there are more risks in continuing leap seconds (tested over 35 years) 

> or in a boundless DUT1 (never tested, heretofore negligible for many 

> applications). 


No, I expect that means that Ken Johnston of the US Naval Observatory 
will make the call. Or more precisely Dennis McCarthy.