Re: [LEAPSECS] a system that fails spectacularly

From: Daniel R. Tobias <dan_at_tobias.name>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:23:36 -0500

On 9 Dec 2005 at 10:42, David Harper wrote:

> On the other hand, the idea of ISO 9000 compliant Morris dancers is a
> very funny one. Presumably, they'd have to standardise the size of
> their pig's bladders. There's a Monty Python sketch just waiting to be
> written.
>
> I'm guessing that their level of ISO 9000 compliance falls in inverse
> proportion to the amount of beer they drink. As does their likelihood
> of observing leap seconds correctly.

But if they fail to observe the leap second properly, the timing and
synchronization of the dancers will be off, and they might collide
catastrophically into one another! We must fix this danger right
away!

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