[LEAPSECS] Leap Sec vs Y2K

[Rob Seaman]

On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Warner Losh wrote:


> ATC systems being unsynchronized means that planes crash; clearly a situation we want to avoid.


Presumably they do have layers on layers of error handling built in, as well as contingent procedures - perhaps even traditional sextant navigation relying on access to a timescale that approximates Greenwich Mean Time :-)

It is possible for brittle system design as well as sloppy timekeeping to both be undesirable...

Rob