On Mon 2008-03-03T11:47:30 -0700, Rob Seaman hath writ: > Something different to discuss regarding real-world timekeeping > requirements. - Rob
>> With an estimated two billion people worldwide dependent upon new moon >> sightings to establish the timeline of lunar months and festivals, My expectation that Allah will strike me down for failing to celebrate Ramadan on the right day is about equally unmotivating as the notion that a leap second will cause planes to fall out of the sky. I expect both systems to be forgiving of a little bit of slop in the implementation. I allow that there are valid reasons for pursuing research into visibility of the hilal and monotonic time scales for telecomms, navigation, etc., but I don't see that either of these justify modifications to the characteristics of civil time. -- Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
