From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9fbc059a74d74032 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-31 09:45:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!newscon04-ext.news.prodigy.com.MISMATCH!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B1672F7.2298EF6@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Leap Seconds References: <9elpii$30i$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B0ED67B.E40A4E06@averstar.com> <9f0ciq$itb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f2ue6$hcm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 11:36:07 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 991326970 151.168.144.162 (Thu, 31 May 2001 12:36:10 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:36:10 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7941 Date: 2001-05-31T11:36:07-05:00 List-Id: > problem. Much relative navigation depends on very accurate timekeeping and > the speed of light. (186000 miles/second - it's not just a good idea, its In that case, let's make it 186,324.xx or somthing like that. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau