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U.S. Scientists Call for a Time Change

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-gonna-get-tricky dept.

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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  1. In related news by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. Just call it stardate by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  3. Changing the wrong thing by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    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.

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  4. Re:Why not adopt a universal ttime? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  5. John Flamsteed by kst · · Score: 5, Funny
    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!
  6. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.