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Re:World map of the difference between solar and clock time by Amorymeltzer on Friday October 02, 2015 @02:50PM (#10320463)
Leap seconds aren't about people but about highly accurate machines and keeping highly exact measures of time, whatever "time" means.
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Re:World map of the difference between solar and clock time by devit on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:38PM (#10321169)
Irregularly jumping backwards 1 second is really helpful for that...
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Re:World map of the difference between solar and clock time by mentat on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:57PM (#10321286)
Physics still wins whether it's helpful or not.
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Re:World map of the difference between solar and clock time by Steuard on Saturday October 03, 2015 @12:38AM (#10322627)
If it were just about keeping exact measurements of time, there would be no need to regularly resynchronize the standard timekeeping system with the rotation of the Earth. The only thing that makes it important to tie clock noon to solar noon (which is the entire purpose of leap seconds) is to maintain human beings' perception of what "noon" is supposed to mean (over the very long term).
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