Re: The Leap Second is Dead. How Will GNU/Linux Cope?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: The Leap Second is Dead. How Will GNU/Linux Cope?
Date	2026-10-17 19:37 +0200
Organization	Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming
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On 2026-10-17 16:19, Leroy H wrote:
> It was the French that gave the world the metric system (or SI) which is
> perhaps fit for the sterile laboratory but which has no place in daily
> life.  Indeed, both the USA and GB resist the SI units in that most civil
> measurements are still reported in pounds, feet, Fahrenheit, etc.

Lighten up, the SI is used in the entire world. Just some recalcitrant 
people remain in their old ways.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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The Leap Second is Dead.  How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-16 15:45 +0000
  Re: The Leap Second is Dead. How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-16 16:56 +0100
    Re: The Leap Second is Dead. How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-16 17:08 +0000
  Re: The Leap Second is Dead.  How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-10-16 19:13 +0000
  Re: The Leap Second is Dead.  How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2026-10-17 13:29 +0000
    Re: The Leap Second is Dead.  How Will GNU/Linux Cope? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-10-17 13:51 +0000
    Re: The Leap Second is Dead.  How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-10-17 14:19 +0000
      Re: The Leap Second is Dead. How Will GNU/Linux Cope? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-17 19:37 +0200

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