[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

[Tony Finch]

On 11 Mar 2010, at 02:20, "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:


> But maybe we need to borrow from my college days in physics class  

> and call it an "idealized time count" or something like that to show  

> that it is a polite fiction that makes the math easier and mostly  

> right most of the time...



Consider a perfectly smooth and frictionless UTC on an infinite  
timeline...

Tony (on his iPod).
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