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Greg Hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > As I have said before: if astronomers played their hand wisely,
: > they'd say "We can live without leapseconds if you give us $N to
: > handle the transition", they might be able to get some nice
: > upgrades to instrumentation out of this.
:
: Doesn't that work in the other direction as well? Can't computer folk
: say "we can live with leapseconds if you give us $N to handle it?" You
: might get some nice upgrades to hardware out of this. . .
Since it is the status quo, it is very hard to get $$$ for upgrades to
equipment that basically does the right thing already...
Warner
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