Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-15 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
Don't give up you day job. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-15 Thread Rob Seaman
On Dec 14, 2015, at 1:52 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Really ? I thought it scanned pretty well :-) Or perhaps this might work: “Let technocrats secretly despair of consensus; standards will remain." If any topic is suitable for poetry, it is the diversity of time. Rob — >> On Dec 14,

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-14 Thread Ian Batten via LEAPSECS
I was talking about this to a colleague, and they pointed out an obvious point that perhaps those of us who follow these things might miss. Between now and 2023 there will be at least two leap seconds, to a high degree of probability. With there now being a lot of focus on leap seconds and

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-14 Thread Warner Losh
> On Dec 14, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Ian Batten via LEAPSECS > wrote: > > I was talking about this to a colleague, and they pointed out an obvious > point that perhaps those of us who follow these things might miss. > > Between now and 2023 there will be at least two leap

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-14 Thread Rob Seaman
On Dec 14, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In ITU "For futher study" means "Forget it”. Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-14 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message , Ian Batten via LEAPSECS writes: You're reading wy to much in this. In ITU "For futher study" means "Forget it". If you don't belive me you can google itu "for further study" and you'll get 62K hits --

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-12-14 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
Really ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___

Re: [LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-11-19 Thread Kevin Birth
Predictable. On 11/19/15, 9:49 AM, "LEAPSECS on behalf of Steve Allen" wrote: >The news is official. Leaps until 2023, and more studies. > >https://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2015/53.aspx > >-- >Steve Allen

[LEAPSECS] WRC-15 press release

2015-11-19 Thread Steve Allen
The news is official. Leaps until 2023, and more studies. https://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2015/53.aspx -- Steve Allen WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street