[LEAPSECS] leap second dating

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20091116.134232.819495315.imp at bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:

>In message: <200911162003.aa48536 at walton.maths.tcd.ie>



>Bummer that the original article was bogus and can't be used to

>predict leap seconds better :(


Ohh, but we can!

Leap seconds is just a political decision that can be changed, so
even if his theory is bogus, we can decide we like the outcome and
decide to do it anyway.

It's called "being congressional" or something...

Poul-Henning

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