[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <445CB57A-6FCF-4933-A288-BD152135229F at noao.edu>
            Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu> writes:

: On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:12 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote:

: 

: > Maybe we just need to toss the word 'idealized' in there somehow.

: > 

: > time_t is an idealized representation of seconds since 1970.

: 

: "Idealized representation" is a tautology.


I guess my thinking was influenced by the idealized problems we did in
Physics.  The wheels were idealized, with no friction.  The falling
bodies problems were idealized so there was no drag, etc.

Warner