On Apr 3, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > I guess the ITU should get rid of leap years too then?
Wouldn't that need to be done by the Pope? Has the Vatican ever delegated continuing maintenance of the Gregorian Calendar to a third party? Or does the Papal Astronomer still hold the reigns of power? Warner > /tvb > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Allen" <s...@ucolick.org> > To: "Leap Second Discussion List" <leapsecs@leapsecond.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 2:01 PM > Subject: [LEAPSECS] Schlampig programmierte Software ist das Problem > > >> borrowing the subject line from Dr. Andreas Bauch of the German PTB ... >> TomTom GPS units have failed, after a month, as a result of the leap year >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17599701 >> -- >> Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) >> UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 >> 1156 High Street 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 > > _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
