On Thu, January 19, 2012 9:03 am, Tony Finch wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16625614
I knew it... it's enough of a "hot button" issue among the handful of people who care about it that nobody wants to commit to actually taking any action, so it will just keep bouncing around between study committees indefinitely. Maybe 100 years from now they'll still be debating it. That's what happens when you've got something that polarizes the interested parties sharply, with one subset strongly favoring change, another subset strongly favoring the status quo, and the vast masses outside these groups not particularly caring one way or the other, so that there will never be enough massive outside pressure to force the governing bodies to take action instead of calling for yet another committee. It's not like this is an issue that will lead to people marching on the capitol, rallying under the Washington Monument to hear a charismatic speaker saying he has a dream of no more leap seconds (or of leap seconds forever), or holding tea parties or occupation encampments to press for one side or the other on this issue. These sorts of mass movements can sometimes force action when the politicians would rather just keep batting the hot potatoes around, but they're not going to develop here. -- Dan Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Name Site: http://domains.dan.info/ _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs