[LEAPSECS] IERS Message No. 129: Plots of Earth Orientation Data (fwd)

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <9EF73E8A-9777-436D-99F8-1EE5656F7B70 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:


>> Provided you get the funding sorted out, I'm all for it.

>

>What funding?  M. Gambis already has this authority as long as he  

>stays within the +/- 0.9s window.


I could imagine that M. Gambis would run short of funds and possibly
employment if he tried it.


>> Elephants are falling out of fashion here, along with pretty much

>> any other Carlsberg product.  In the last couple of years Denmark

>> has gone from 8 to several thousand (mostly micro-)breweries as a

>> tasteful revolution against industrialized beer has taken hold.

>

>This is the most hopeful sign for the future of our civilization that  

>I've heard yet.


Well, it's conflicting evidence:
	http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/08/climate-change-hits-beer


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