[LEAPSECS] Another reason not to mess with UTC

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Mar 1 09:04:02 EST 2010


In message <0ABEEAF7-591C-4E21-A058-2E05E23E6787 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:


>I didn't say "backup", I said "fallback" [...]


Now you're just cleaving semantics, trying to argue that Mercedes
owners in fact *should* carry a sextant, without actually sound
that silly ;-)


>Of course, LORAN is itself being decommissioned:


Which I also think is stupid, in particular in light of the 40%
benefit for almost none of the cost from the draft european radio
navigation plan.

Fortunately, it seems France will keep Loran's candle light for
some years still.

Poul-Henning

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