Re: [LEAPSECS] floating prime meridian

From: John Cowan <jcowan_at_reutershealth.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 14:40:20 -0400

Steve Allen wrote:

> I am at a loss to conceive of any application which needs an
> unsegmented, predictive countdown of UT to an accuracy of one part in
> 1e7. Please given an example of where such would be used.

How about an alarm clock?

As for the "accuracy", someone on this list
already said that secular deviations are not a matter of accuracy,
since they grow with time.

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