[LEAPSECS] futureofutc

Daniel R. Tobias dan at tobias.name
Fri Oct 7 08:40:17 EDT 2011


On 7 Oct 2011 at 7:53, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <20111007013716.GA15717 at ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:

>

> >On a much more useful note, Daniel Gambis pointed to the survey results

> >http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/questionnaire/result.php

> >I am surprised at the 75% for status quo.

>

> I'm not. About the only place that survey have been announced

> is in Bulletin-C, which is mostly read by people who are aware

> of Leap-Seconds.


So the voting was biased towards people who were actually aware of
the issue... how slanted! Better grab people on the street without a
clue of what a "leap second" is, and have them vote on whether to
keep using them.


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