[LEAPSECS] tinkering with time ?

[Stephen Colebourne]

On 31 January 2011 15:59, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> In message <12988684-B911-481B-B557-90E55CD736A4 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>>On Jan 31, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>

>>Is there really a requirement to render the concept of "universal

>>time" meaningless?  Or is UTC merely collateral damage from an

>>intellectually lazy campaign to "suppress TAI"?

>

> There is a desire to see computers work reliably together.


Is that the only desire driving the abolishing of leapsecs?

What about the desire for a human day to remain meaningful (midnight
at night et al)? Is that irrelevent/not considered/secondary?

Stephen