[Ipg-smz] And a Happy

[Tom Henderson]

I was wrong about the leap second.

Could've been in June. 
https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/atomic-standards/leap-second-and-ut1-utc-information

See https://time.gov/ for the current time.

Tom



On 12/31/19 6:57 PM, Mark Brownstein via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
> 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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