[LEAPSECS] Leap smear

[Nero Imhard]

On 2011-09-24, at 19:52, Ian Batten wrote:


> Had UTC remained the same, inviolate, since inception the argument that it should be left alone would have more weight; given it's changed both its rate and its offset mechanisms relative to TAI twice since its inception, the "you shouldn't change running standards" argument has already been lost.


Not at all. On the table is the decoupling of UTC from UT, not a revision of the mechanism through which UTC follows UT. Was this in any way unclear to you? It's pretty much the central issue.

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