[LEAPSECS] 25000 years, or my money back?

Steve Allen sla at ucolick.org
Sat Mar 7 14:01:52 EST 2009


Another "atomic clock" advert; good for 1 second in 25000 years.
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/556476

If it fails by one second before then should I sue? Who?
NIST? Control Company of Texas?

How exactly does one get ISO 9001 certs that extend 25 millennia?

Or maybe they just noted that the historical variations in the rate of
what we now call TAI are just about that big.

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