In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike S writes : >At 08:27 AM 7/14/2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote... > >>I find it surreal that astronomers cannot tell the difference >>between precision time and the Earth rotational orientation. > >But then again, you've demonstrated yourself to be an idiot incapable >of rational argument.
[My signature saves me from answering this one] >What is surreal is that people needing precision >time not linked with the movement of the earth would choose to use >a time coordinate system which is, like UTC. For the last time: I don't get to choose my own timescale. Governments, Regulatory Entities, International standards bodies, and such people demand that I use UTC. And yes, all those buggers could and should have chosen smarter, bug I guess they just followed advice from people of your caliber. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
