[LEAPSECS] ITU-R SG7 to consider UTC on October 4

[Rob Seaman]

On Aug 6, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <E4AD08E2-540D-4068-A5D5-5E0AA6A0BFDB at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

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>> Astronomers on this list have demonstrated profligate willingness to entertain diverse options.

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> As has the unworthy (in your opinion) computer geeks.


Um - one can be an astronomer and a computer geek.  You want geeks?  We got geeks of cosmic proportions.

It is the timelords who appear to find this conversation unworthy.  This isn't a two-sided conversation, but rather three-sided (at least).


> What happend to the "you tell us leap seconds 10 years in advance" proposal for instance ?


Still on the table, waiting for the timelords to sit down.  It's remarkable how unproductive a discussion becomes when one party spends a decade attempting repeatedly to cram through the same insipid proposal.

Rob