leap seconds

[rubah]

The new extra second will be added on the last day of this year at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time — 6:59:59 pm Eastern Standard Time.

So is my computer clock gonna say 5:59:60? I hope so. Wouldn't that be great to have a screen shot of?

[Del Murder]

In an old Ninja Turtles episode Baxter Stockman was sent ahead 1 second in time.

[Momiji]

5...4...3...2...1...um...1....HAPPY NEW YEAR! :p

[Jiro]

5...4...3...2...1...um...1....HAPPY NEW YEAR! :p

This would be funny, I'm definitely watching the New Year celebrations this year to see if it's accounted for :D

[blackmage_nuke]

Any new years countdown discrepancy would only apply for countries that follow GMT, though I am curious to see what happens. Personally im hoping every computer explodes.

[Aerith's Knight]

An extra second? I think I'll sleep in.

[demondude]

Gives me more time to procrastinate. :cool:

[Rantz]

Maybe time will stop for a second and no one notices.

[Bunny]

So we can create time but we can't create human life?

[Del Murder]

Uh, how do you think you got here Bunny?

[Meat Puppet]

What, you never heard the one about the stork?

[Bunny]

Uh, how do you think you got here Bunny?

Not exactly what I meant by create life.

[Aerith's Knight]

We don't create time, we correct our time system to synchronize with the orbit of our planet. Flawed system is flawed.

[Bunny]

We don't create time, we correct our time system to synchronize with the orbit of our planet. Flawed system is flawed.

Yes, I know. Bad jokes are bad?

[scrumpleberry]

The new extra second will be added on the last day of this year at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time — 6:59:59 pm Eastern Standard Time.

[rubah]

leap second 2008 - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=leap+second+2008&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

[Yar]

This isn't the first time we've done this. I remember doing it a couple years back.

[KentaRawr!]

If we all just used sundials, this wouldn't happen. :p

[crono_logical]

I just use NTP on computers and let it sort it's own clock out for me :p