Ken Pizzini scripsit: > Okay, I'll bite.
What Ken says, except that: > Yes, civil time, an important consumer of any time standard, would > much prefer approximation-of-earth-rotation-relative-to-the-sun > than random-arbitrary-interval (e.g., 100,000 SI-second "days") > or approximation-of-earth-rotation-relative-to-"fixed"-stars as its > time standard. I don't think this case has been made yet, other than by handwaving and postulating. Specifically, that the current regime is better than a fixed scheme of 1 day = 86400 SI seconds. -- John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan .e'osai ko sarji la lojban. Please support Lojban! http://www.lojban.org
