[LEAPSECS] I do not like leap secs and DUT1!

[Rob Seaman]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> Steve Allen writes:

> 

>> Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:

>> 

>>> I suspect a lot of those "somebody" have "phd." after their names,

>>> 99.99% or more of the worlds programmers do not.

>> 

>> They don't need PhD to get a system with no leap seconds, all they

>> need is a devil-may-care attitude about strict compliance with POSIX

>> or conformance to ITU-R recommendations.  With that they can buy

>> a Meinberg or Symmetricom NTP server, configure it to produce GPS

>> time instead of UTC, and live with being 15 seconds fast.

> 

> We've been down this way before Rob, and you never remember how

> you are going to get all the customers and politcians to write this into

> their requirements and laws instead of UTC.


For that matter I don't even remember commenting on your irrelevant
assertion about postgraduate education and computer programmers.

Say!  Poetry is a way we haven't been down before!  Here's how I'd do it!

"Leap Secs and DUT1"

Do you like
leap secs and DUT1?

I do not like them,
Rob-I-am.
I do not like
leap secs and DUT1.

Would you like them
here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
I do not like
leap secs and DUT1.
I do not like them,
Rob-I-am.

Would you like them
in a house?
Would you like them
with a mouse?

I do not like them
in a house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like leap secs and DUT1.
I do not like them, Rob-I-am.

I could not, would not, on a boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not leap them in the rain.
I will not leap them on a train.
Not in the dark!  Not in a tree!
Not in a car!  You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not leap them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!

I do not like
leap secs
and DUT1!

I do not like them,
Rob-I-am.

You do not like them.
SO you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may I say.

Rob!
If you will let me be,
I will try them.
You will see.

Say!
I like leap secs and DUT1!
I do! I like them, Rob-I-am!
And I would leap them in a boat!
And I would leap them with a goat...
And I will leap them in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
They are so good so good you see!

So I will leap them in a box.
And I will leap them with a fox.
And I will leap them in a house.
And I will leap them with a mouse.
And I will leap them here and there.
Say! I will leap them ANYWHERE!

I do so like
leap secs and DUT1!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Rob-I-am
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