[Ipg-smz] And a Happy

[Mark Brownstein]

I'm glad that these zeptoseconds weren't widely published in the media.

Do you remember the fears of some people when we moved from 1999 to 2000?

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.

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).

On 12/31/2019 3:33 PM, Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
> And for the added leap second, keep in mind there are /10 to the power 
> of 21/=/10^21 /
>
> zeptoseconds within that leap second.  Use each and every one of those 
> zeptoseconds productively.
>
> Don't squander zeptoseconds. You'll kick yourself later, if you do.
>
>    I once squandered several zeptoseconds, and let me tell you, you 
> never get them back again.
>                phil
>
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> *Subject: *[Ipg-smz] And a Happy
>
> New Year, if you celebrate these, or synch with the Christians. Many
> here clock with the Jewish New Year, and some with the Winter Solstice.
> Remember that there is an added leap second for those clocking at
> midnight tonight. Enjoy the extra time. There's an extra day waiting for
> you, as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
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> "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
> "Learning happens thru gentleness."
> "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from 
> real options."  David Suzuki
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