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Leap Second To Be Added Dec 31, 2008
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| timothy
Posted on 12/29/2008 8:35:52 AM PST by Clint Williams
ammorris writes
"Don't be the laughingstock of your friends when you shout 'Happy New Years' a second too early ... The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service has announced that a leap second will be added on December 31, 2008 at 23h 59m 60s, meaning that this year will be exactly one second longer. The last leap second occurred Dec 31, 2005; they are added due to fluctuations in the rotational speed of the earth. You can read all about leap seconds on Wikipedia."
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Technical
KEYWORDS: 2008; leapyear
To: Clint Williams
Not a second too soon...............
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:36:53 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Clint Williams
I thought it felt like something was a little off.
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:38:07 AM PST
by
xjcsa
(And these three remain: change, hope and government. But the greatest of these is government.)
To: Clint Williams
Have they figured out how to tax it yet?
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:39:13 AM PST
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: Clint Williams
Union guys will want an hour of overtime in compensation for working one second more.
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:39:49 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: raybbr
Have they figured out how to tax it yet?Good one....they're probably working on a way to add it to the cap and trade for glowbull cooling and the chilrun
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:44:49 AM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(The tree of liberty is getting mighty dry)
To: Red Badger
So we get an extra second of sleep?
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:45:35 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Only the hypnotized never lie)
To: Clint Williams
A few years ago my son suggested a second be added to each day to eliminate leap day/leap year altogether.
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:45:54 AM PST
by
EDINVA
To: Perdogg
Only if you go to bed prior to midnight on New Year’s Eve............You’ll get 41 winks.........
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:47:32 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Clint Williams
Great, this miserable year gets to last a second longer...
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:48:29 AM PST
by
Riodacat
(Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.)
To: Clint Williams
What? This changes everything!
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:50:05 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(You exist, okay? YOU EXIST! Now stop talking to me!)
To: Clint Williams
Even money says some Conspiracy-fearing Armeggedon Countdown yahoo links this in with the Elders of Zion, the Illuminatti, and Revelation.
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:52:52 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
To: Red Badger
I might make it bed early NYE, but it will not involve sleep! ;)
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posted on
12/29/2008 8:57:18 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Only the hypnotized never lie)
To: Clint Williams
Twice in three years?
Have the greenies found a way to blame it on human activity and SUVs, yet?
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:03:05 AM PST
by
bornred
To: Clint Williams
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:07:22 AM PST
by
AU72
To: Clint Williams
Just a futile attempt to postpone the Mayan Y2.012K catastrophe.
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:13:31 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
To: Clint Williams
This is only a test of the Karl Rove Time Machine. Come Jan 20 he’s going to crank that puppy up and send us back to 2000 and make us go through another 8 years of “compassionate conservatism”.
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:18:41 AM PST
by
LiberConservative
("We gonna get PAID!" - Obama voter)
To: Clint Williams
No big deal. This will affect the Brits. For us in the US the extra second will occur five or more hours before midnight.
ML/NJ
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posted on
12/29/2008 9:34:34 AM PST
by
ml/nj
To: ml/nj
It’s because of global warming. If you need proof, ask algore.
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posted on
12/29/2008 10:31:40 AM PST
by
killerw
("Let his days be few; and let another take his office." (Psalm 109:8).)
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