Steve Allen wrote on 2011-11-08 17:27 UTC:
> http://www.nature.com/news/2011/08/full/479158a.html
>
> "they failed to reach a consensus"
Just for the record: the Nature article may give the impression that I
said in the phone interview something along the lines of "Linux
operating systems, fo
Steve's abbreviated quote gave me the impression that Mr.Whibberly of
the British National Physical Laboratory would be in favour of the
abolition of the leap-second - a stance which is the opposite to my
personal knowledge of his views until at least recently. Can I
therefore quote that whole par
Do we know if proceedings will be published?
On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Steve Allen wrote:
> http://www.nature.com/news/2011/08/full/479158a.html
>
> "they failed to reach a consensus"
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On Tue 2011-11-08T15:28:18 -0500, Dennis Ferguson hath writ:
> > http://www.nature.com/news/2011/08/full/479158a.html
> I think it would be a bit more accurate if the writer had replaced
> "a consensus" with "unanimity".
I'll dare to paraphrase other quotes from that article.
Arias: "we
On 8 Nov, 2011, at 12:27 , Steve Allen wrote:
> http://www.nature.com/news/2011/08/full/479158a.html
>
> "they failed to reach a consensus"
I think it would be a bit more accurate if the writer had replaced
"a consensus" with "unanimity".
Dennis Ferguson
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http://www.nature.com/news/2011/08/full/479158a.html
"they failed to reach a consensus"
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They have their program online
http://royalsociety.org/uploadedFiles/Royal_Society/Events/2011-11-03-UTC-programme.pdf
The chairs of futureofutc are still finalizing the edits
to the presented content.
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