[LEAPSECS] happy anniversary pips

[Warner Losh]

On Feb 9, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Rob Seaman wrote:

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> If anything has prevented leap seconds from death it is the weakness of the proposal itself.  And the real-world distinction between Universal Time and Atomic Time; "Death to leap seconds!" is the rallying cry of somebody who wants to pretend that two distinct concepts are the same thing.


It is more of a 'Atomic Time is a completely adequate basis for civil time' by rejecting the notion that exact alignment to snyodic day is a requirement. Apart from some naming sophistry, that's the root of all the discussions and disagreements here.

Warner