[BC] 2005 will end with a leap second - and you can hear it!

[Rich Wood]

------ At 09:22 PM 12/21/2005, Rachel Ehrenberg wrote: -------

>The world's clocks are due to be reset on December 31st - by one whole
>second. That's because our planet Earth has not quite kept up the
>rotational pace it maintained in prior centuries. On the advice of
>astronomers, who use observations of stars to keep tabs on Earth's spin,
>the International Telecommunication Union has decided that the final
>minute of 2005 before the stroke of midnight at Greenwich, England,
>shall contain 61, rather than 60, seconds.

Something else to worry about. The sun will burn out in 50 million 
years. I'm already concerned. Now the Earth is slowing down. Does 
that mean we don have to hold on so tight?

>If everything goes right, personal computers, GPS receivers, and
>radio-controlled clocks around the world will automatically adjust
>themselves.

I have a Garmin StreetPilot III. Maybe I'll stay up and watch. What 
if a GPS isn't turned on when the change takes place? Will I be late 
the next time I use it?

Rich

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