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Byatt (31-12-2008)
Here comes a discussion on the security mailing lists about systems that go wrong because of the leap second not being handled correctly. (Yes really)Originally Posted by Steve
BTW, If you get an extra second, then that means the clocks have gone back not forward not back.
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I plan on watching one of these:
www.the1secondfilm.com
Wikipedia
But only 1, mind you. I wouldnt want to waste my valuable time.
- Another poster, from another forum.I'm commenting on an internet forum. Your facts hold no sway over me.
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Meh, I'll be that drunk, or rather, so off my 'pips' I won't much care about a second here or there
lol wut
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Corrected the title. But of course, they don't actually do either... there's an extra second added so we get to 23:59:60.
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Indeed, many strokey-beard types watching eagerly at 23:59:59 to check it all works no doubt. Apparently when a system applied it wrongly in 1998 it took down the whole cellular network for the Southern states of the US until they got it back in sync...
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Yawn....well, I feel much more rested thanks to that.
What I find interesting is the following thought
"Many countries want to scrap the leap second, arguing that the process of adding leap seconds to clocks and computer systems is expensive and time consuming.
But Peter Whibberley is resolutely against doing away with an extra pip now and again.
Ultimately, over many hundreds of years if leap seconds were scrapped, the time of night and day would drift away from the time shown by our clocks," he said. "
Ok, so why then Mr Smarty Pants what's wrong with adding a leap minute instead? The slight alterations to satallites could still be done but it'd save most of the hassle.
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