Re: [LEAPSECS] GPS will fail EVEN SOONER

From: Steve Allen <sla_at_ucolick.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 16:04:37 -0800

On Thu 2004-01-01T15:48:01 -0800, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
> Some historical notes on the GPS Week Number Rollover
> http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/gpswnro.htm
>
> I think the LEAPSECS group will find the part about the
> GPS leap second patent quite interesting!

Wow. I can barely imagine being enough of a conspiracy theorist to
suppose that the invalidation of that patent might be a motivating
factor for discontinuing leap seconds.

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