From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:42:39 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Seaman writes: > > >I'm sure many of us were involved in Y2K remediation activities. For > >instance, here is an inventory that I was responsible for compiling > >for one large system: > > > > http://iraf.noao.edu/projects/y2k/y2kplan.html > > > >Do we have any evidence that DOD has performed such an inventory for > >DUT1 dependencies? > > I find it amazing that an accomplished astronomer like you can > misestimate by so many orders of magnitude as you do here. > > Everybody with a checkbook were potential victims of Y2K bugs. > > Changes to, including abolishment of, leapseconds will only affect > people who measure positions of celestial objects with high precision. > > There is at least a 1.000.000:1 ratio between those two populations > worldwide. Wouldn't this mean that Denmark would loose track of time? :-) (I know you wouln't, but that is beside the point) I am contemplating a trip to Bornholm to visit Gudhjem since Denmark is running of "Gudhjems-tid". But maybe I just choose to visit you instead. :) (theoretical vs. actual time-keeping of Denmark) Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
