Steve Allen said:
> If without leap seconds the ITU-R regulations and recommendations
> become self-inconsistent then an unfortunate event happening within
> the day-long ambiguous interval coinciding with a change of insurance
> policies could be deemed to be covered by none, one, or both policies
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In message <20130122010023.ga30...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:
>On Mon 2013-01-21T12:13:26 -0700, Warner Losh hath writ:
>If without leap seconds the ITU-R regulations and recommendations
>become self-inconsistent then an unfortunate even
On Mon 2013-01-21T12:13:26 -0700, Warner Losh hath writ:
> If it is the current mean solar time, then that ambiguity exists
> today without changes to leap seconds. But no sane person would say
> that one should get the UTC date wrong because the UTC to GMT offset
> is a few hundred milliseconds d
On Jan 21, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Steve Allen wrote:
> Radio Regulation 2.5 implies that UTC is connected with earth rotation:
>
>2.5 Whenever a date is used in connection with Coordinated
>Universal Time (UTC), this date shall be that of the prime
>meridian at the appropriate time, the p
On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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> In message <20130121172812.ga27...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:
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>> So without even considering the effects on insurance policies and
>> movie theaters, the ITU-R has recogniz
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In message <20130121172812.ga27...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:
>So without even considering the effects on insurance policies and
>movie theaters, the ITU-R has recognized that abandoning leap seconds
>has the effect of making their own r
The news yesterday made a point of the time for the inauguration of
Obama's 2nd term...
Twentieth Amendment to the US Constitution
Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall
end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators
and Representatives
