[IP] Leap second fight brewing
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From: "Wulf Losee"<qx49@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 7/29/05 10:23:15 AM
To: "dave@xxxxxxxxxx"<dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Leap second fight brewing
Dave:
The US has secretly proposed abolishing the leap second (that is
ocassionally added as the earth slows its rotation) claiming "safety"
reasons. Evidently this is at the behest of special interests whose
software is unable to deal with the additional second.
From the WSJ online: "Word of the U.S. proposal, made secretly to a United
Nations body, began leaking to scientists earlier this month. The plan
would simplify the world's timekeeping by making each day last exactly 24
hours."
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB112258962467199210-H9je4Nilal4o52nbYCIbq6Em4,00.html
--Wulf
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