Re: [LEAPSECS] text book example why Leapseconds are bad

From: Peter Bunclark <psb_at_ast.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:42:31 +0000 (GMT)

And these "Rocket Scientists" can't even spell. Perhaps they can't read,
either. Surely 5 decades into the space age there exists a "How to build a
Spacecraft" text book with a chapter on timescales?

Pete.

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006, Greg Hennessy wrote:

> Textbook example of using the right tool for the job.
> If you need TAI and use UTC, don't blame the problem on the
> leap seconds.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 11:29 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/ebisawa/ASCAATTITUDE/
> >
> > --
> > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
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> > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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> Greg Hennessy <greg.hennessy_at_cox.net>
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