[LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time

[Greg Hennessy]

> There is no practical difference now, but the passage would relinquish

> almost any notion of sovereignty of the US over the characteristics of

> its legal time scale.


I certainly don't agree with this. The bills in question certainly refer 
to UTC "as interpreted by" the secretary of commerce, and the secretary 
of defense. If BIPM were do to something that those two considered 
"unwise", a new law could be passed yanking os *off* the international 
system. Of course I'll continue with my opinion that not going along 
with the changes because someone in the fututre might do something dumb 
is paranoia.