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<p>I was wrong about the leap second. <br>
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<p>Could've been in June.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/atomic-standards/leap-second-and-ut1-utc-information">https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/atomic-standards/leap-second-and-ut1-utc-information</a></p>
<p>See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://time.gov/">https://time.gov/</a> for the current time.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/31/19 6:57 PM, Mark Brownstein
via Ipg-smz wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:e1ee98fa-e777-7844-3564-e050b93d10db@brownstein.com">
<p>I'm glad that these zeptoseconds weren't widely published in
the media. <br>
</p>
<p>Do you remember the fears of some people when we moved from
1999 to 2000? <br>
</p>
<p>When the railroads decided to create time zones, so that the
turning of the earth would no longer factor into arrival times
-- a train leaving New York at 1 PM, traveling 36 hours wouldn't
arrive wherever the hell it could go in 36 hours - at 1 AM local
time. Depending on where the trip ended, local time wouldn't be
1 AM - it probably would have been more like 11 PM or earlier.
The adjustment would have taken care of this discrepancy. At the
time that it was announced, and before it happened, there were
supposedly reports of people predicting the end of the world. <br>
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<p>Who knows what would have happened if that extra second made it
into popular thinking? (I hope my atomic clocks and phone know
how to adjust for that extra second).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/31/2019 3:33 PM, Phil Shapiro
via Ipg-smz wrote:<br>
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<div>And for the added leap second, keep in mind there are <em
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<div data-mce-style="clear: both;">zeptoseconds within that
leap second. Use each and every one of those zeptoseconds
productively.</div>
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<div data-mce-style="clear: both;">Don't squander
zeptoseconds. You'll kick yourself later, if you do.</div>
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<div data-mce-style="clear: both;"> I once squandered
several zeptoseconds, and let me tell you, you never get
them back again.</div>
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<div data-mce-style="clear: both;"> phil</div>
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<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, December 31, 2019 11:19:37 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ipg-smz] And a Happy<br>
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<div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">New Year, if you celebrate
these, or synch with the Christians. Many <br>
here clock with the Jewish New Year, and some with the
Winter Solstice. <br>
Remember that there is an added leap second for those
clocking at <br>
midnight tonight. Enjoy the extra time. There's an extra day
waiting for <br>
you, as well.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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-- <br>
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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>
"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br>
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<div><span>"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so
that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br>
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Tom Henderson
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