[LEAPSECS] IERS Message No. 180: Revision of IERS Earth Rotation Series effective 1 February 2011

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Jan 5 15:27:20 EST 2011


In message <BBA6B7CC-5836-4C50-AAA4-9B496425F730 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:


>So you're arguing that an international standard can be too simple

>to capture the necessary complexity inherent in the norms of Western

>Civilization?


No, I'm saying that people who write standards often don't know what
they should be doing.


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