On 16 July 2011 03:14, Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > In message > <CACTjVNynr5Vhrj=e+gfungebpa_u8__26bhjamk2nv6uxgi...@mail.gmail.com> > , Steve Rooke writes: > >>> Nope, once they have scheduled a leap-second, it happens. >> >>And if it's not needed? > > It is needed, otherwise they would not have scheduled it.
So, your saying they will predict all the wobbling, drift, internal earth changes, etc and do this with any accuracy 20 years in advance, when we have already seen significant variations in this. > If they predict wrong all that happens is that DUT1 wanders a bit > more around and they will have to catch up with it over the next > couple of decades. Given that straight-jacket, I suggest they schedule one every year then they can add and subtract them willy nilly. Yes, New Years Day, worldwide let's change the clock regardless. It would make it much more fun for all of us to watch what happens. Yes, I'm game for that, great idea. Cheers, Steve > -- > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
