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Subject: Re:  Ask not for whom the chimes tinkle
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Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 15:12:37 EST
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Craig,

Your current is clear. Millsiamps it is and don't resistor or you'll be
rectified. I know when my grid leaks anyway.

Fuzzballs leap the years properly, but sometimes don't leap the seconds, as
you might know from my experiments previously reported to this list. Time
and day-of-year are reliably reported in both US (WWV, WWVH, WWVB) and UK
(MSF) broadcasts, but not the year. A "daylight-time" bit is now included
(which I consider useless to dangerous), but not advance notice of a
leap-second (see NTP in RFC-958). We gotta infiltrate more computer
hackers into NBS.

Scenario: Martian comes to Earth, asks the year. Whatever you say, he
says he doesn't believe you. Think about it. Did Julian's astronomers get
the rate right but the date wrong? Think about that, too, and mumble a
prayer to the Axioms Peano.

Dave