Posted by
timothy
on from the seconds-all-taste-the-same dept.
ygslash writes "The IERS has announced today that, after seven years, there will once again be a leap second this year. On December 31, 2005, the time 12:59 will last for 61 seconds."
"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time..." How do I make an official complaint with these time-distributing authorities for all the times I've been blamed for being late? Everyone always thought it was my fault for running out of time--but nope, turns out there are "authorities" in charge of all that. Are they any relation to the Tooth Fairy?
This year's been bad enough for me, now it seems like it's going to drag on forever!
Re:These guys must not be real nerds
by
Everleet
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· Score: 2, Funny
Each minute that is a multiple of 3 shall last 42 seconds, and each minute that is not shall last 69 seconds. It's the perfect system.
-- It's tragic. Laugh.
A standardized second.
by
TapeCutter
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· Score: 2, Funny
The same uber-nerds who defined the meter have also defined the second.
Lifted from wikipedia - The second is one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom at zero kelvins.
Now that we have a definition perhaps someone could tell us what it means.:)
-- And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Microsoft has $33.8 billion in short term investments. Since interest payments are calculated by the day, and not the second, at an interest rate of 3% Microsoft will lose $1929 in interest due to this leap second.
Re:These guys must not be real nerds
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Paradise+Pete
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· Score: 2, Funny
59 / 3 = 19
I think you need a leap integer in there somewhere.
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What AM I going to do with all that extra time?
Stardates
The only problem is that no one knows how its supposed to work.
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Go canucks, habs, and sens!
I've always wanted a timeslip (i.e. from the Mars Trilogy)
Real_men_don't_need_spacebars.
What if the Sun goes out? How will you keep time?
From the IERS website:
Welcome to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
Will they change my oil and check my brakes, too?
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...0...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time..." How do I make an official complaint with these time-distributing authorities for all the times I've been blamed for being late? Everyone always thought it was my fault for running out of time--but nope, turns out there are "authorities" in charge of all that. Are they any relation to the Tooth Fairy?
This year's been bad enough for me, now it seems like it's going to drag on forever!
Each minute that is a multiple of 3 shall last 42 seconds, and each minute that is not shall last 69 seconds. It's the perfect system.
It's tragic. Laugh.
The same uber-nerds who defined the meter have also defined the second.
:)
Lifted from wikipedia - The second is one of seven SI base units. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom at zero kelvins.
Now that we have a definition perhaps someone could tell us what it means.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Microsoft has $33.8 billion in short term investments. Since interest payments are calculated by the day, and not the second, at an interest rate of 3% Microsoft will lose $1929 in interest due to this leap second.
I think you need a leap integer in there somewhere.