[LEAPSECS] What's the point?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20110209025648.GB5917 at ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:


>> Further evidence of this is that UN registers all internation

>> treaties its member states have entered into, in accordance with

>> the UN charters article 102, and you can see all of these treaties

>> at http://treaties.un.org

>

>In there I do not find the ITU-R's Radio Regulations, so perhaps the

>whole point of this mail list is moot, for we are not bound to follow

>them?


Uhm, you have not actually read the text of the proposal ?

All ITU-r *Recommendations* follow this form:

	The ITU Radiocommunication assembly,

	    considering

	bla. bla. bla.

	    recommends

	bla. bla. bla.

The only difference being that a few luck of them, have the work
"unanimously" inserted before "recommends" after the vote.


>In there I also do not find Meter Convention, so perhaps the UN list

>is not comprehensive.  The Meter Convention does say this

>http://www1.bipm.org/jsp/en/ViewCGPMResolution.jsp?CGPM=15&RES=5


Notice again the language:

	"judges that this usage can be strongly endorsed"

Other hint:  The Meter Convention has not been able to metrify USA yet.

QED: Governments are free to fuck up their timekeeping as they see fit.

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