U.S. Scientists Call for a Time Change

saqmaster writes "The BBC reported yesterday that U.S. scientists want to change the current system which keeps clocks in sync with solar time by adding a leap second every 18 months or so. This has rattled a few cages with the scientists and operators involved in GMT-related projects and facilities as it would effectively remove the importance of the meridian from timing. "

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It about time!

[thewiz]

No, really, it is about time.

In related news

[A beautiful mind]

From the article:"They want for the first time in history to separate us from the natural rotation of the Earth, which means as the years go by we will increasingly get out of sync with astronomy and the real world,"

In other news, residents of Kansas experienced a timeshift, time going back to 1213 AD.

Re:In related news

[Tackhead]

> > They want for the first time in history to separate us from the natural rotation of the Earth, which means as the years go by we will increasingly get out of sync with astronomy and the real world,"
>
> In other news, residents of Kansas experienced a timeshift, time going back to 1213 AD.

Oh, that's simple to explain. Kansas moved one state to the right - meaning they're no longer on CST, but on EST: Enlightenment Savings Time.

Just call it stardate

[Bastard of Subhumani]

Just call it stardate, everyone will love it. Well, everyone here, anyway.

Re:Just call it stardate

[abes]

I'm happy to say, I don't get it. *And*, I would like to keep it that way. Please don't enlighten me. I'm a happier person this way.

Time should be decided by the UN

[the_skywise]

Since this is a "world" resource, time should no longer be managed by the UK, but by the UN standards body. Surely this will be a much more equitable and fair solution than hogging all of the world's time by one nation.

(Near as I can tell, it's either a tit for tat for the internet thing, or Verizon and SBC have ponied up some big lobbyist dollars to save themselves a few seconds of headache every few years (ha) )

Changing the wrong thing

[Shadow Wrought]

That we need to add a second every 18 months is obvious evidence that our time system is just too complex to have simply happened, and is therefore indicative of an intelligence in time design.

This post brought to you from the Kansas Board of Edumacation.

Re:Changing the wrong thing

[xstonedogx]

Well, duh.

The discrepancy has to do with the elasticity of His Noodly Appendage.

Re:Why not adopt a universal ttime?

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't go nearly far enough. Our base 60->60->12 time measuring system is hopelessly baroque and broke. What we need is a sensable metric timekeeping system which takes into account the four-day day as proven by the timecube.

Re:Why not adopt a universal ttime?

[Bob McCown]

Everyone panick!!!

To the SpellCheckerMobile, Robin!

John Flamsteed

[kst]

From the article:

The decision stemmed from the work 200 years previously of the first English Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, who calculated that the Earth rotated on its axis once every 24 hours.

So he was the first person to notice this? How lucky for him that an hour already just happened to be 1/24 of a day!

Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why are you attacking Kansas? We are good God Fearing Christians who are carrying out His Will. I honestly do not get why some people feel the need to persecute Christians. At least you people aren't using lions.

Re:As always, the US is anti-science

[John Biggabooty]

Stop being singularity stupid! The answer is not to change what kind of ridiculous single day derived counting system to use, but to abandon the brainless lie of singularity and embrace the truth of nature's harmony, the 4 simultaneous day Time Cube!