[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Thu Mar 11 03:03:43 EST 2010


On 11 Mar 2010, at 02:20, "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:


> But maybe we need to borrow from my college days in physics class

> and call it an "idealized time count" or something like that to show

> that it is a polite fiction that makes the math easier and mostly

> right most of the time...



Consider a perfectly smooth and frictionless UTC on an infinite
timeline...

Tony (on his iPod).
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