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A couple of people have posted on this topic in the past few months. If I
remember correctly, the proposal suggests eliminating leap seconds in favor of
a much more rarely used "leap hour". I don't see any problem with this. The
fact that the Sun does not reach the meridian when the clock strikes twelve
and indeed might not make it there until 1:30 in the afternoon doesn't seem to
bother very many people.
I also don't see any big advantages to the proposal, so I suspect the
present system will be left in place for at least a few more years.
I found a cute news story through Google news (search for "leap second")
with the following comment:
"To add a leap second or not to add a leap second; that is the question:
whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of astronomers
and the Brits, or to take arms against a sea of troubles caused by unforeseen
glitches. If this is a major quandary in your life, perhaps you should
switch to decaf." --Bret Burquest
He's got a point!
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
