[LEAPSECS] drift of TAI

[Rob Seaman]

On Sep 15, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Tony Finch wrote:


> The civilized world has mostly eliminated non-uniform bases, except  

> for dealing with time.


And angle.  The fundamental confusion here is between TAI - purely a  
decimal count from some zero epoch - and UTC, an orientation angle.   
Angles are often expressed using sexagesimal notation.  TAI should  
never be.


> The Americans (and the British to a lesser extent) still cling to  

> the handicap of non-uniform bases for other measurements. Still,  

> could be worse: at least there aren't leap-ounces.


Ever tare a balance in chem lab?

Rob