Earth adds leap second Saturday night

otisptoadwater
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30 Jun 2012 12:12 #1 by otisptoadwater

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Published June 29, 2012/Associated Press

WASHINGTON – 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.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/29/wait-for-it-earth-adds-leap-second-saturday-night/?intcmp=features#ixzz1zIkj9zoz

What will you do with the extra time?

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

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Martin Ent Inc
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30 Jun 2012 12:59 #2 by Martin Ent Inc

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Cool I can get more done.

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LOL
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30 Jun 2012 14:29 #3 by LOL

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Its going to be a long day.

Maybe we can all squeeze in an extra beer!

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30 Jun 2012 19:41 #4 by mtntrekker

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I should probably wake well rested with all that extra sleep.

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01 Jul 2012 16:24 #5 by FredHayek

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They should have added it June 21st for the real longest day of the decade. (Joking!)

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LOL
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02 Jul 2012 07:20 #6 by LOL

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... story.html

Interesting how this little 1 second change can screw up software. Does my Bank re-calculate compound interest for Saturday and give me an extra second??? Or charge more mortgage interest?? LOL

"Reddit, Foursquare, Mozilla, and a number of other companies were hit with technical problems Saturday evening when a single “leap second” was added to the world’s atomic clocks. And so, the “leap second bug” was born"

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