Re: [LEAPSECS] Accommodating both camps

From: Steve Allen <sla_at_UCOLICK.ORG>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:37:39 -0800

On Wed 2006-01-25T12:31:26 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
> If we abandon leapseconds today to avoid getting computer problems,
> we still have several hundred years of time to decide how to
> deal with any long term effects.

Please note that the "we" above does not include those of us who are
pointing telescopes. We only get a few years to decide.

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