[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

[Brian Garrett]

I believe this is called lowering the Koan of Silence.



Brian
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From: "Steve Allen" <sla at ucolick.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] Terminology question


> On Tue 2010-03-09T10:53:53 -0700, M. Warner Losh hath writ:

>> Are you sure that mean solar time is the right way to describe these

>> time scales?

>

> I be as sure of that as I be that the Delta T of my office be 48.

>

> Which is to say, I answer the question with "mu".

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29

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