On Wed 2006-01-04T07:36:17 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
> In message <20060104004053.GC2021_at_feynman>, Neal McBurnett writes:
> >Do you have any evidence for this assertion?
>
> It is an educated guess.
>
> The IERS have already indicated that they belive they could do prediction
> under the 0.9 second tolerance with two or three year horizon.
>
> >Anyone have a prediction algorithm in mind, and a result of running it
> >on the last several decades or centuries of data?
>
> Makes a great subject for science, doesn't it ?
Yes, it does, but the scientist who did the calculation has only
barely explained the meaning of the work.
http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/McCarthy.html
This deserves discussion and analysis and explanation.
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