[LEAPSECS] telescope systems saw the leap second

[Rob Seaman]

On Jul 1, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> 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"


Did he?  The AP doesn't include those double quotes:

	http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2012/07/01/ap/science/us_sci_leap_second.txt

(I used to live in Laramie and find it amusing that the Boomerang - named after a mule - was the top hit to my query.  A pointer to a more official posting of the AP story would be welcome.)

Was Daniel even interviewed in English?  Is there an Agence France-Presse story?  What was the context for whatever was said?  Did a carefully neutral statement hedged with conditionals get trimmed down by a copy editor?

Like Steve says: "Can we make a list of what we know?"

Rob