What Will You do with Yours?
You’re about to get some unexpected time to finish up all of 2005’s resolutions.
2006 has been postponed. But not for long.
A leap second will be inserted in the world’s clocks just before midnight — Greenwich mean time — on New Year’s Eve, the U.S. Naval Observatory reported Friday.
Leap seconds are needed occasionally because modern atomic clocks measure time with great accuracy, while the rotation of the Earth can be inconsistent.
The rotation of the Earth has been slowing down, so leap seconds keep the clocks and the Earth from getting out of synch with one another.
So everyone, pursuant to a conversation I heard on NPR today: What are you going to do with your extra second?
Posted by
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05:11:05
I shall have vengeance upon all those who would dare oppose me!
Umm, I dunno. I guess I”ll search for a way to add more Snapple to other people’’s diets.
I”m gonna moon someone.
I”m not going to answer that question in public.
M and I got all excited about seeing 11:59:60 on the clock when they dropped the ball in Times Square, but we were disappointed. Oh well.
Happy New Year!