[LEAPSECS] Schedule for success

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <4950A632.19177.1AF7BB8E at dan.tobias.name>, "Daniel R. Tobias" writes

:

>On 23 Dec 2008 at 8:43, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>

>> The rest of us have no trouble with a tolerance of up to (at least)

>> one hour, because that's what is already the reality for 99.9..%

>> of the population.

>

>And then your distant descendants will throw a huge fit about the 

>possibility of a leap hour being imposed, which would be much more 

>noticeably disruptive than leap seconds, and will indefinitely block 

>such a thing, until some day noon comes in the middle of the night.


They would probably be about as upset, as I am that somebody ceeded
Skåne to Sweden about as long time ago.

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