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Re: The Future of Celestial Navigation: A British Viewpoint
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2013 Sep 3, 11:03 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2013 Sep 3, 11:03 -0300
One of the earliest articles advocating doing away with leap seconds was one that appeared in my GPS World Innovation column: http://www2.unb.ca/gge/Resources/gpsworld.november99.pdf -- Richard Langley On Monday, September 2, 2013,245, at 12:16 PM, Sean C wrote: > So, what are the *benefits* of dropping leap seconds? > > I seem to recall hearing once before that this was being considered, but for the life of me, I can't understand why you'd want to do it. > > Thanks, > Sean C. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=125041 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------