[Nottingham] 61 seconds in a minute

[Dan Caseley]

I'm finding this news of the deceleration of the Earth and the fact that
days are getting longer and longer a bit tricky to deal with...

On 19 September 2011 21:23, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Does all /your/ software correctly handle 61 seconds in a minute?
>
> Google have an ugly work-around:
>
> Google reveals 'leap smear' NTP technique
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/19/google_has_to_lie_to_computers_about_time/
>
> For a more extreme example, take a look at Dr Taylor's clocks!
>
> http://chronophage.johnctaylor.com/chronophage_pages/aboutus_fulltext.php?itemid=5
>
>
> To misquote a famous quote:
> The measurement of time is an artificial illusion (and reality is doubly
> so)!
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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