In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Hennessy writes:
>> >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. . . 
>> 
>> I suspect $N would be found to be quite a bit larger in that case,
>> which is why I'm sure the astronomers could get a really sweet deal.
>
>You are sure, but don't want to pay for it out of your pocket I
>suspect. 

I already pay for it out of my pocket.

>I wish I knew why everyone always thinks astronomers are rolling in
>money.

I don't, but I think they could be if they were less stubborn :-)


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