Rob Seaman scripsit:
> But there are also risks associated with *not* having
> leap seconds, with allowing DUT1 to increase beyond 0.9s, for
> instance. And events triggered by those risks would not draw
> worldwide scrutiny - they could occur year-round and the media circus
> would have moved on.
I'd expect to see a wave of breakage as DUT1 exceeded 0.9s for the first
time, and a second wave as it exceeded 1s for the first time. After
that, of course, the problems would no longer be relevant. :-)
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Received on Sat Jan 14 2006 - 10:20:57 PST