Re:Leap-second decision delayed by eight years
by Veedrac on Sunday November 22, 2015 @05:46AM
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If we were to require but not have one leap second a year into perpetuity, it would take 1000 years to drift 1/4h off from true time.
That's 1000 years of more regular, workable time. And I'd hope in 1000 years people would have adjusted to the small offset.
Plus, one hour-big adjustment every 4000 years is certainly easier than 4000 second-long adjustments every year, if they really haven't gotten used to it by then. Note that 4000 years ago we hadn't an alphabet - no doubt we'll be thought of on equal footings.
That's 1000 years of more regular, workable time. And I'd hope in 1000 years people would have adjusted to the small offset.
Plus, one hour-big adjustment every 4000 years is certainly easier than 4000 second-long adjustments every year, if they really haven't gotten used to it by then. Note that 4000 years ago we hadn't an alphabet - no doubt we'll be thought of on equal footings.