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The Future of Leap Seconds

Posted by michael on from the stuff-you-thought-you'd-never-think-about dept.

@10u8 writes "Since 1972 precision clocks around the world have ticked using atomic seconds, but earth rotation is slowing down. Leap seconds have been inserted in order to keep noon happening at noon, but they upset some timekeepers. Recent discussions have considered discontinuing leap seconds in UTC, and a colloquium in Torino next month will present results. It is a matter of international significance."

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  1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Yousa watch no good underwater. Not be-sa working in Gungan City. Bee-yotch.

    Ouch. You've been trolled by Jar-Jar.

  2. "It is a matter of international significance"... by jbum · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    TO THE ANAL-RETENTIVE.

  3. Re:I bet it was France... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Freedom isn't free.. ..unless you live in France!

    --- heard on that right-winger's show on MSNBC