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Should we abolish the leap second?
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9 members have voted
| June 30th, 2015 at 10:42:39 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Get ready -- there is another leap second tacked onto the end of today (June 30, 2015). What will you do with the extra second? The reason for the occasional leap second is the moon's gravity causes waves which cause friction to the ocean floor which causes the earth's rotation to slow. However, these extra leap seconds have been known to cause computers to crash. Further information: 'Leap second' to pause clocks at midnight as entire planet gains a second. The question for the poll is do you think we should abolish the leap second? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| June 30th, 2015 at 10:54:18 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Read "War and Peace" Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| June 30th, 2015 at 11:08:41 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18764 |
I've read "War and Peace" and don't remember anything about what to do with an extra second. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| June 30th, 2015 at 11:12:32 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18213 | We really should keep it, I can use the extra sleep. The President is a fink. |
| June 30th, 2015 at 11:24:47 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I meant I will use the extra second to read "War and Peace." Unless you mean I'll have time left when I'm finished? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| June 30th, 2015 at 1:06:01 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | It's fine to ignore it, but what do we do when 100 of them go by, then 1,000? Pretty soon we're eating breakfast at high noon. I wonder if the clocks are held at 23:59:59 or 00:00:00? |
| June 30th, 2015 at 3:15:49 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
There will be a 61st second of the 60th minute of the last hour today. Where normally the clock goes from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 today it will go to 23:60:00 and hold it there for a second. In the very unlikely event I'm awake I should try to post something during that second to see what time it registers. Free copy of my book to anybody who can get off a post during the leap second today. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| June 30th, 2015 at 7:44:25 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
You should be awake as the leap second was at 5 PM in Vegas. Although it is 8 hours difference from Vegas to London, because it is summer London is on Daylight Savings Time. So Vegas is only 7 hours from Zulu or Coordinated Universal Time abbreviated as UTC. |
| June 30th, 2015 at 8:38:33 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Dang. I forgot to do anything special to mark the occasion. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| June 30th, 2015 at 10:03:40 PM permalink | |
| reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 | Couldn't the leap second be combined with the leap year so that we could deal with both anomalies simultaneously? Surely waiting til 2016 couldn't have hurt. Computers don't need nice round numbers, they're okay with a leap day of 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds +/- leap second, or whatever. Keep the housekeeping efficient, I say. |