In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Seaman writes:
>An extensive inventory is necessary to answer that question.
>Rejecting its need beggars the imagination. Having spent the time
>and money needed for such a "does this code need to introduce a DUT1
>correction?" inventory, we would still be faced with the prospect of
>what will actually happen to the embargoed leap seconds down the road.
I am not surprised by the fact that you would find such an inventory
heavy lifting, given your occupation.
However, for the approx 200 computers I have in my personal sphere
of influence, I can in less than 1 second split them into these two
categories:
1. Does this computer care if there ever is another leap-second ?
199
2. Does this computer care if civil time is aligned with earth
orientation ?
1 [1]
You're outnumbered Rob.
[1] My Meade ETX125. This may give a hint to my attitude about
throwing money at astronomers :-)
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