As an astronomer I've been a supporter of the current leap second situation and have not really liked the idea of changing.
However, after yesterday I'm thinking of changing my mind. I quite enjoyed having to go through and change all my clocks (including a pendulum clock - now that's a pain!), but then the news came through that Amadeus crashed worldwide. Passengers everywhere were left stranded for hours because of this. Y2K all over again - but this time something big happened. This could also have been serious. Were planes tested in-flight for this? I bet they weren't. Software writers the world over are notorious for not fully testing their code, so the leap second situation in our increasingly time-dependent world has the potential to one day take a life. Maybe it is time to swallow this bitter pill and remove the leap second. I haven't jumped ship yet - but I'm very very close. Thoughts? Jim Palfreyman _______________________________________________ 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.
