[LEAPSECS] Cheating means more planning, not less

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <BF590D36-97C8-49FE-A6E3-1E4634C5B472 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:


>A global village implies global citizens.  People have complex needs  

>that place more stringent timekeeping requirements of all sorts now  

>than 50 years ago.


Rob, you keep making these claims that a lot of 'needs' and 'requirements'
are being overlooked.

Why is it that you never offer a single concrete example ?


>The ITU proposal is simply a bad proposal.  Improve the proposal.   

>Seek consensus before voting on the next one.


I think it is a pretty good proposal and I hope nobody get killed
by leap seconds before it takes effect.

Poul-Henning

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