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U.S. Scientists Call for a Time Change
saqmaster writes "The BBC reported yesterday that U.S. scientists want to change the current system which keeps clocks in sync with solar time by adding a leap second every 18 months or so. This has rattled a few cages with the scientists and operators involved in GMT-related projects and facilities as it would effectively remove the importance of the meridian from timing. "
... really know where time is?
I mean, the old joke - God invented war to teach 'Murricans geography.
Maybe God ought to invent 'brains'...
Instead of focusing on the real problem, which is that the US is wasting time resources, this solution is just trying to patch on to it by adding extra seconds every so often. If we solved the real problem, which is fat greedy Americans, the rest of the world wouldn't even need to add seconds. Yet again the Bush administration shows that they only care for greedy US corporations and will willingly try and screw the rest of the world and the US in order to serve them.
Mmmm.. Donuts
If the current system was US based and we asked for something international, we'd be seeing page after page of seething bile telling us to fuck off use our own system.
If it's been that way since 1884 I'd say thats a pretty good standard. I wonder how many research places depend on it?