On Sep 30, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > But the basic point still remains: If you have to sugar coat the actual > standard > with a fake standard to paper-over people’s inability to deal with the actual > standard, this suggests that you have the wrong actual standard.
No, the basic point is about sugar coating physical reality with a fake reality. Atomic time and mean solar time are two different things. Diurnal cadences are governed by the synodic day. Countdown timers by the SI-second (or rather, by a frequency standard). Various options have been suggested over the many many years of this discussion. Only one non-physical non-option has ever been considered by the ITU. It is the ITU who are being tedious. Rob Seaman National Optical Astronomy Observatory _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
