On Dec 25, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Ian Batten wrote: > Which is sort-of the point: that whatever the UK government's tactical > movement around GMT, UTC or whatever might be, it isn't long-term, it isn't > serious and it isn't in any way indicative of long-term policy. It always > strikes me as a sign of people who haven't dealt with government in any > substantive way that they assume that some action by an arm of government is > in some way a sign of an overall policy. The idea that governments are that > joined up is ironically shared by politicians and by wild-eyed conspiracy > theorists; in the real world, they just can't organise to that, or indeed > any, extent.
Which is why the international civil timekeeping standard should be tied to physical reality. Rob _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
