[LEAPSECS] tz mail list, ado points to Matsakis of USNO

[Steve Allen]

over in the tz mail list ado just posted this


> "Where Time Comes From"--"Dr. Demetrios Matsakis, Chief Scientist for

> USNO's Time Services, gives a tour"



> http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/358609/where-time-comes-from/


He says he doesn't know what time it is, but he knows what a second is.

It is again unfortunate that POSIX chose to define the second differently.

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