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 Posted: Tue Dec 9th, 2008 07:08 pm
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 So what will you do with your extra second? LOL :D

U.S. Naval Observatory is going to add a "leap second” to the world's clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). That is rather than the usual 86,400 seconds in a day, the last day of the year will precisely have 86,401 seconds.

This marks the 24th leap second to be added to UTC, a uniform time-scale kept by atomic clocks around the world, since 1972. Leap seconds occur only at the end of a UTC month, and have only ever been inserted at the end of June 30 or December 31. It was last added on December 31st 2005.

Full story
http://living.oneindia.in/insync/2008/leap-second-091208.html

Related...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28117620/
http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2008/12/just_a_second.php

 
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 Posted: Tue Dec 9th, 2008 07:14 pm
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 I can finally get ahead in life toon1.gif

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get intimate with the wifey subtlelaugh.gif
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10th, 2008 05:14 pm
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 hucky wrote:
get intimate with the wifey subtlelaugh.gif

..that's during a blue moon. :P
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10th, 2008 05:54 pm
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 hucky wrote: I can finally get ahead in life toon1.gif

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get intimate with the wifey subtlelaugh.gif


get intimate with the wifey subtlelaugh.gif

I'm sure she will appreciate the extra second HuckYhearteyes.gifsubtlelaugh.gifsubtlelaugh.gifsubtlelaugh.gifsubtlelaugh.gif
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10th, 2008 06:35 pm
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 You guys are just awful!toon1.gif Love on ya'!!

 

I am so nervous... I just won't know what to do for that extra second...;)

 
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10th, 2008 07:49 pm
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 Just think some day long down the road after we are all gone the day will reach 25 hours. I wonder what clocks and watches will look like by then? :) :cool:
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