US DoD Poll On Leap Seconds

@10u8 writes "For time scales to leap, or not to leap, has been the question here before. The ITU-R will be considering leap seconds again in a few weeks. This week the USNO posted a survey about leap seconds by the US DoD. The issue has civil implications as well as technical ones, and there is a demonstrated way to respect the history, remove leaps from navigation and POSIX time, yet keep the sun overhead at noon."

Comments

Re:Are leap seconds really all that important?

[Anonymous Coward]

Compare absolute time vs relative time vs elapsed time vs hammer time...

You and me both!

[BitterOldGUy]

I'd be more interested in killing Daylight Savings Time than dealing with Leap Year.

My cat wakes me up in the morning. She doesn't adjust. Because of her, I'm a morning person. Unfortunately, 90% of society are night people. Meaning, any social activity is past my bedtime and I become a wet blanket because I start yawning at everything at 20:00.

Re:You and me both!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think your REAL problems are as follows:

You have a cat.

Your cat controls you.

You characterize and categorize people (90%, society, night people) in terms of what they can give you (social activity).

You speak in military (24 hour) time unnecessarily.

You admit your own faults, but rather than fix them, you prefer to revel in your own meekness.

Re:You and me both!

[BitterOldGUy]

I think your REAL problems are as follows:

You have a cat.

Your cat controls you.

You characterize and categorize people (90%, society, night people) in terms of what they can give you (social activity).

You speak in military (24 hour) time unnecessarily.

You admit your own faults, but rather than fix them, you prefer to revel in your own meekness.

Dogs have masters.

Cats have servants.

I recognize my overlord and serve her. And as a result, my life is filled with a wondrous furry glory!

The Egyptians worshiped cats as gods and the cats have never forgotten that.

Military time is also computer server time. And if you deal with computers across at least one time zone you may want to use Zulu time too. Oooooo, I used another military term. You know why!? Because, I serve in the army of cats!

Re:You and me both!

[techno-vampire]

Cats have servants.

I, for one, welcome our feline overlords. (I'd better, I have one watching me type this, ready to sink his claws into my leg if I type the wrong thing.)

Re:Kill DST instead!!!!

[CorporateSuit]

I'd rather have the sun on my face when I'm trying to wake up in the morning than hovering in my rearview while I'm trying to drive home.

No leap seconds prior to Jan. 20, 2009 please

[jayveekay]

We don't need even one more second of Bush presidency. :)

Re:Are leap seconds really all that important?

[xstonedogx]

I dunno. When it's Miller Time all those other times kinda look alike.

I know!

[tnk1]

Let's just remove the problem entirely!

I suggest... the French Republican calendar.

And a good Tridi, 23 Fructidor, Year 216 to you too.

Re:Leap seconds fix a diferent problem

[CorporateSuit]

If we dispense with leap seconds then this relationship will slowly change and noon will eventually be dark.

In that case, we rename "noon" to "midnight", and "midnight" to "noon"
then "AM" can mean "After-Meridian" and "PM" can mean "Pre-Meridian"
I thought of everything. Problem solved forever.

Sun Overhead?

[PPH]

What significance does this have for people who live in their parents' basement?

Re:Slightly OT: Earth Rotations?

[jeepien]

... does anyone know if the rotation of the earth around the sun mean that we actually rotate 366.25 times per revolution, or 364.25?

Yes, of course someone does.