[LEAPSECS] The Battle of Flodden Field

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <4423C88D-EF32-4638-B3BF-350F8436E0F3 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>On Jan 7, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>

>> In message <0A3268A1-4BBD-4B45-ABCA-04B9E1821BC6 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>> 

>>> Put it this way.  Diurnal periods are ubiquitous in our cultural

>norms and the technical systems underlying them.

>> 

>> That is a value judgment which should be left to governments.

>

>No, it is a patently obvious fact.


You don't get to decide if it is a fact, of if it is, if it is an
unchangeable one:  That is an issue for each nation and their
government.

See Chinas timezones as exhibit 1.

Poul-Henning

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