[LEAPSECS] Accountability for failures and broken promises

[Gerard Ashton]

If a merchant sells produce sells lettuce by mass and gets caught the
merchant will be fined, the scale will be seized, or both.

How big a fine will Quantas pay for using faulty time measurement equipment
which resulted in great harm to the public?

Will Daniel Gambis forfeit any bonus this year for making false promises?

Gerard Ashton

-----Original Message-----
From: leapsecs-bounces at leapsecond.com
[mailto:leapsecs-bounces at leapsecond.com] On Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 2:04 PM
To: Leap Second Discussion List
Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] telescope systems saw the leap second

In message <BB91F2E6-A38D-4199-AA77-BEDB12E5B6E1 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman
writes:


>Now, what do they mean?


It means that Daniel Gambis wasn't even close to the mark when he told AP on
friday:

	"There should be no noticeable affect or inconvenience on
	computers or any other technology that requires precise
	timekeeping because they adjust for these leap seconds"


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