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No More Leap Second?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

WerewulfX writes "CNN reports: "In a phenomenon that has scientists puzzled, the Earth is right on schedule for a fifth straight year." Update yeah, this is a repost. Whatever- it's a holiday. Nothing else to post :)

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  1. Re:Getting slow ALREADY! REPOST: by shibbydude · · Score: 0, Troll

    Karma Whore! I can't believe that people still think that large sites like CNN will become slashdotted. It shows ignorance on your part and it infuriates me to see duplicate posts of an article. Your post was not helpful. Save the whoring for a time when a server really is in jeopardy.

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    We're only gonna die from our own arrogance, that's why we might as well take our time...
  2. Re:Late trains by DJStealth · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not to be a bigger dick, but 1024 bits = 1 kbit, not 1 byte, not 1 kbyte.

  3. interesting by alex_ant · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was on a committe at NIST that analyzed this issue. Basically leap seconds are compensatory measures taken by government (mainly scientists) to keep time running the way it does. The system of hours/minutes/seconds we have set up is quite arbitrary and so this doesn't really affect it critically, but even a fraction of a second can impact our lives in the strangest of ways. (Our biological clocks, bird migration patterns...) NIST wields quite a bit of power, if you think about it.