Re: [LEAPSECS] The opportunity of leap seconds

From: Rob Seaman <seaman_at_NOAO.EDU>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:57:16 -0700

On Jan 8, 2006, at 4:41 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> It sounds to me like BIPM ought to make an Internet service
> available which will deliver UT1 to astronomers in a timely fashion ?

Not sure BIPM is necessarily the appropriate agent, but otherwise
agree 100%. Perhaps we should seek other areas of agreement rather
than continually focusing on issues in hot debate.

Both this and the extended leap second scheduling represent
improvements to infrastructure that would also support market-based
decision making about civil time issues in general. The current
timekeeping landscape is simply too sparse to create significant
emergent behavior.
Received on Sun Jan 08 2006 - 07:57:30 PST