Re: [time-nuts] Clash of the Time Lords

2006-11-17 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bill Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Rob Seaman is quoted extensively. Poul-Henning Kamp is not. : Perhaps she had no budget for overseas interviews. Clearly I've had good luck at restraining myself lately too, or I've been much less colorful tha

[time-nuts] Clash of the Time Lords

2006-11-17 Thread Bill Hawkins
Harper's magazine arrived today with a December date. It is almost always a treat, from the Index to Findings. This time it includes Michelle Stacey's "Clash of the Time Lords" This is a brief history of time with emphasis on the fate of leap seconds. It is non-technical - USNO's clocks are compar