On Thu 2004-01-01T15:48:01 -0800, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
> Some historical notes on the GPS Week Number Rollover
> http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/gpswnro.htm
>
> I think the LEAPSECS group will find the part about the
> GPS leap second patent quite interesting!
Wow. I can barely imagine being enough of a conspiracy theorist to
suppose that the invalidation of that patent might be a motivating
factor for discontinuing leap seconds.
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Steve Allen UCO/Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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