[time-nuts] Leap second? Yay or nay?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Jim:

Would you rather have these minor problems or have a much bigger one when they make a larger correction?
That's assuming that the leap second would be replaced by the leap minute or something similar on a larger time scale so 
that the the time had some relationship to the Earth's rotation.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html

Jim Palfreyman wrote:
> As an astronomer I've been a supporter of the current leap second situation
> and have not really liked the idea of changing.
>
> However, after yesterday I'm thinking of changing my mind.
>
> I quite enjoyed having to go through and change all my clocks (including a
> pendulum clock - now that's a pain!), but then the news came through that
> Amadeus crashed worldwide. Passengers everywhere were left stranded for
> hours because of this.
>
> Y2K all over again - but this time something big happened.
>
> This could also have been serious. Were planes tested in-flight for this? I
> bet they weren't.
>
> Software writers the world over are notorious for not fully testing their
> code, so the leap second situation in our increasingly time-dependent world
> has the potential to one day take a life.
>
> Maybe it is time to swallow this bitter pill and remove the leap second.
>
> I haven't jumped ship yet - but I'm very very close.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jim Palfreyman
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