Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:50:38 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>, current@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD handles leapsecond correctly Message-ID: <84028.1136289038@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:47:14 %2B0100." <m3zmmdildp.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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In message <m3zmmdildp.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes: >"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: > >> "We don't know what will break if we drop leap-seconds" >> >> We know very well what can break: Only systems which relate >> the position of extra-terrestial objects to UTC time can break. >> >> These devices are called antennas and telescopes and they are >> operated by scientists and technicians who should be more than >> able to figure out how to deal with this. > >The same argument can come back in your face, computer scientists and >engineers should be able to figure out how to deal with time tracking >earth rotation, you're tracking all sorts of things... 99.9% of the computers are used by people who are not scientists and engineers. 99.999% of the computers do not track extra-terrestial objects. Wanna bet how the cost balances ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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