[LEAPSECS] 2007-12-31 23:59:60 Z (sic)

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <931B3E26-E3F8-4D42-B90F-43A172AED88F at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:



>NOTE TO ITU LURKERS:  Consider here that partisans of quite diverse -  

>opposing even - positions consider the Leap Hour Proposal to be Absurd  

>(hence the ALHP).


The Leap Hour Proposal is not only absurd, it is also without relevance,
there is no historical reason to belive that our successors will
refrain from tampering with the timescales we lay down today many times
before a leap hour becomes imminent.

So lets forget the leap hour proposal, it's serves only the role
of a Post-It note with "fix it ?" written on it.

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