[LEAPSECS] nails in the coffin of mean solar time

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20070615202819.GA16679 at cox.net>, Greg Hennessy writes:

>> Here's one way to consider the question. In the 1960's when

>> leap seconds were first proposed how many astronomers and

>> how many DUT1-impacted telescope installations were there?

>

>I don't consider this a valid way of considering the question, since

>there are many people other than astronomers who care if lack of leap

>seconds eventually means "noon" is in the middle of the night.


Can we please stop using totally bogus arguments ?

The chances that N future generations would use unmodified vesions
of whatever technical designs we come up with, be it timescales
or legal arrangements is NIL.

You don't need to worry about "noon being in the middle of the night".

At worst it will drift half an hour in your lifetime.

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