On Wed 2008-12-31T01:42:46 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ: > In message <[email protected]>, Steve Allen writes: > >On Tue 2008-12-30T17:57:27 -0700, M. Warner Losh hath writ: > >> If rocket-scientists can't get the relatively simple nomenclature of > >> this topic right, what hope is there for the average engineer? > > > >Not enough in the current scenario, given that the ITU-R docs are > >proprietary to the point of inaccessability [...] > > We're clawing for straws now, aren't we ? :-)
No, I don't think so. See this blog entry from someone on the crew of folks defining XML for W3C. http://cmsmcq.com/mib/?p=271 Perhaps not every member of the W3C has been driven to the point of talking with himself over the inconsistent picture painted by the authorities responsible for the leap second, but this one has. In the case of the Zune the standard was broadly disseminated over 400 years ago, and mass marketing of a product that does not conform may even be considered negligent to the point of culpability. But no manufacturer can be blamed for products which cannot figure out what the rules for the leap second really are, or who's in charge of those rules. -- 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 [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
