Aw, man, this year is NEVER gonna end.....

Prisoner_Number_Six

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Wed Dec-28-05 02:55 AM
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Aw, man, this year is NEVER gonna end.....

New Year 'delayed' by leap second

Scientists are delaying the start of the new year by adding the first "leap second" in seven years.

The Paris Observatory said an extra second would be added to clocks worldwide at the stroke of midnight on 31 December.

Leap seconds are required every so often to keep our clocks in sync with solar time used by astronomers.

"Enjoy New Year's Eve a second longer," said the researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4562194.stm

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Wed Dec-28-05 05:47 AM
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1. I will second that emotion

can we have a vote?

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