Re: [LEAPSECS] ADASS poster on UTC

From: Ed Davies <ls_at_edavies.nildram.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:20:10 +0100

Steve Allen scripsit:
>> For most civil purposes time is only relevant to the nearest minute;

John Cowan replied:
> An obvious counterexample is taping TV shows: you don't want to miss
> the first or last minute (modulo the presence of commercials).
> I go to some trouble to keep my VCR synchronized with NTP time
> to the nearest second or two.

An obvious example is taping TV shows: you don't want to miss
the first or last minute (modulo the presence of commercials).
When I used to watch TV I went to some trouble to start recording
a minute or so before the scheduled start time of the program and
to continue recording for a few minutes afterwards.

Sorry for the sarcastic looking format: the symmetry of the
argument just appealed to me.

Ed.
Received on Sat Oct 28 2006 - 10:26:16 PDT