On 17 Nov 2011 at 11:20, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > But the really interesting thing to remember here, is that if you > "asked the railroads about leap seconds", what are the chances you > would get somebody on the other end of the line, who knew that the > MVB standards would have to be revised, and _all_ compliant devices > have to be reworked, retested and recertified to the new standard, > in order to *continue* leapseconds ?
It seems rather bizarre that they'd have to *change* a standard in order to *keep on following* the standard that's been in effect since 1972, namely the use of leap seconds. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/ _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
