Imagine how we would feel if we adjusted lat-long definitions instead of smearing or leaping time in order to adjust for the slowing down of the rotation of the

Imagine how we would feel if we adjusted lat-long definitions instead of smearing or leaping time in order to adjust for the slowing down of the rotation of the earth. Does that sound bananas to you? Of course it is. That's what we're doing with leap seconds. Only some people smear and some people leap and they don't even do it over the same time or in perfect synchronicity. Just ditch the leap seconds. They are not worth the cost.