[LEAPSECS] it's WP7A week in Geneva
    Poul-Henning Kamp 
    phk at phk.freebsd.dk
       
    Sun Oct  4 07:15:15 EDT 2009
    
    
  
In message <4AC87DA2.4040103 at rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus Danielson writes:
>Of course it cannot output a correct UTC solution until it has received 
>page 18 subframe 4, but it can store the leapsecond offset in 
>non-volatile RAM since last lock and for most of times that would give 
>correct UTC from first lock [...]
And once again, this topic reminds me of my favourite Monty Python
episode:
	"This is an official announcement from the Royal Navy.
	Canibalism is a problem the Royal Navy has mostly under control.
	[...]
	"
"most of the times" is simply not good enough.
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