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marilyn.monroe

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Earth's rotation slows
« on: June 29, 2012, 11:09:13 PM »



Saturday night will stretch longer by a second. A leap second.

International timekeepers are adding a second to the clock at midnight universal time Saturday, June 30, going into July 1. That's 8 p.m. EDT Saturday. Universal time will be 11:59:59 and then the unusual reading of 11:59:60 before it hits midnight.
 
A combination of factors, including Earth slowing down a bit from the tidal pull of the moon, and an atomic clock that's a hair too fast, means that periodically timekeepers have to synchronize the official atomic clocks, said Daniel Gambis, head of the Earth Orientation Service in Paris that coordinates leap seconds.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/earth-adds-leap-second-saturday-night/article4382584/
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2012, 06:48:27 AM »
As far as I am behind on some of my 'projects' I thought the rotation had slowed down a lot more than just one second :o :o :o
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2012, 08:54:10 AM »
Quote from: BigRedDog on June 30, 2012, 06:48:27 AM
As far as I am behind on some of my 'projects' I thought the rotation had slowed down a lot more than just one second :o :o :o
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2012, 10:02:19 AM »
Crap.

Now I have to reset all of my clocks.   >:(
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2012, 11:27:29 AM »
What will I do with all this extra time on my hands?? 
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2012, 11:44:52 AM »
Hehe, this is why I love MT :) You guys crack me up. Thanks for the first smile of the day :)
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'Leap second bug' causes site, software crashes
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2012, 04:42:25 PM »

The addition of a leap second to the Coordinated Universal Time at midnight Greenwich Mean Time last night appears to have caused site disruptions for a handful of popular Web sites and software platforms.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57464559-93/leap-second-bug-causes-site-software-crashes/

reddit, mozilla, stumbleupon, yelp, foursquare, linkedin  :o

Google explained in a blog post last September that it softens the blow by gradually adding milliseconds to its systems clocks prior to the official addition of a leap second.
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2012, 09:12:37 AM »
I can't sleep, since we got the extra second. 

Must be kinda like jet lag.  Threw my whole system off!  Ugh!
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2012, 09:24:27 AM »
Quote from: livewire on July 02, 2012, 09:12:37 AM
I can't sleep, since we got the extra second. 

Must be kinda like jet lag.  Threw my whole system off!  Ugh!
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2012, 07:36:25 PM »
:) I love this site too!
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2012, 07:54:37 PM »
Gee, I got all kinds of cleaning done ( I have swamp land for sale too!!!) :D
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Re: Earth's rotation slows
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2012, 04:22:13 PM »
And the Moon gets an inch farther away every year...!
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