Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20091116.134232.819495315@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes: >In message: <200911162003.aa48...@walton.maths.tcd.ie> >Bummer that the original article was bogus and can't be used to >predict leap seconds better :( Ohh, but we can! Leap seconds is just a political decision that

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread Steve Allen
On Mon 2009-11-16T13:42:32 -0700, M. Warner Losh hath writ: > Hmmm. These papers are interesting reading. They present some of the > clearest history of parts of this story that I've seen... At least > the public story... Regarding the story, it seems this is almost out http://www.amazon.com/T

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <200911162003.aa48...@walton.maths.tcd.ie> David Malone writes: : > : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AJ136.1909P : > : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AJ136.1906M : : > The abstracts look interesting. Is there a way to get copies of the : > articles without p

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread David Malone
> : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AJ136.1909P > : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AJ136.1906M > The abstracts look interesting. Is there a way to get copies of the > articles without paying $9.00 each for them? I found copies through the university library - I'd guess most universi

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <20091116183426.gc9...@ucolick.org> Steve Allen writes: : On Mon 2009-11-16T10:54:01 -0700, M. Warner Losh hath writ: : > : Perhaps accept it, see for example Deines & Williams 2007, AJ, 134, 64: : > : : > : http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/134/1/64/205167.text.h

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread Steve Allen
On Mon 2009-11-16T10:54:01 -0700, M. Warner Losh hath writ: > : Perhaps accept it, see for example Deines & Williams 2007, AJ, 134, 64: > : > : http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/134/1/64/205167.text.html > > This paper is very interesting. Follow the citation trail, it spawned no less th

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: Rob Seaman writes: : Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: : : > In message <20091116072452.ga21...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes: : >> the context speaks for itself : >> : >> http://improbable.com/2009/11/16/leap-second-dating/ : > : > I can't wait to see what peer-review will

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread Rob Seaman
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20091116072452.ga21...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes: >> the context speaks for itself >> >> http://improbable.com/2009/11/16/leap-second-dating/ > > I can't wait to see what peer-review will do to that paper :-) Perhaps accept it, see for example Dein

Re: [LEAPSECS] leap second dating

2009-11-16 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20091116072452.ga21...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes: >the context speaks for itself > >http://improbable.com/2009/11/16/leap-second-dating/ I can't wait to see what peer-review will do to that paper :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org