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Old 06-30-2012, 06:51 PM   #1
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Don't Forget to Change the Clocks tonight

Wait for it: Earth adds leap second tonight
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Tonight will be longer by a second. International timekeepers are adding a leap second to the clock at midnight universal time, which is 7 p.m. CDT. Universal time will be 11:59:59 and then the unusual reading of 11:59:60 before it hits midnight.
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Old 06-30-2012, 07:28 PM   #2
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I'll stay up to catch it at the exact moment.
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Old 06-30-2012, 07:59 PM   #3
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I used to have to do that for the clocks running the VLF radio site in Hawaii
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Old 07-01-2012, 01:23 AM   #4
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I thought you were going to say change them back to 1775 since the United States doesn't exist anymore.
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Old 07-01-2012, 05:07 AM   #5
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I think I felt it.
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Old 07-01-2012, 08:10 AM   #6
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I tried, but I must have blinked and missed it.
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Old 07-01-2012, 11:16 AM   #7
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My clocks are always 10 minutes fast! OK 9:59:59 now...
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Old 07-02-2012, 10:39 AM   #8
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my clocks are self setting, atomic whatever.
they are always on time to the second without me worrying about it.
except the stove, the stove sucks, I have been almost a minute late before going by that damn thing.
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Old 07-02-2012, 10:52 AM   #9
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Heard on the news yesterday that there were apparently some systems that did not tolerate the one second change and burped.

'Leap second bug' causes site, software crashes | Internet & Media - CNET News
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Old 07-02-2012, 11:10 AM   #10
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my clocks are self setting, atomic whatever.
they are always on time to the second without me worrying about it.
except the stove, the stove sucks, I have been almost a minute late before going by that damn thing.
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