[LEAPSECS] Leap Sec vs Y2K

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <1292118117.24926.52.camel at localhost>, Paul Sheer writes:


>I choose the solution that makes my flight the cheepest.


It is not a matter of flight being cheap or expensive.

If you only synchronize computer "on the order of minutes" the modern
airport ceases to function as such.

During initial and terminal phases, a modern jetplane move 100m/s and
many major airports have runway use in 30 second timeslots.  You do
the math.

Radar stitching requires 3msec synchronization and timestamping, throughout
the entire area being stitched, often a radius of up to 1000 km.

You have just confirmed my suspicion that you have not a wisper of
a clue about what you are pontificating about.

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk at FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.