speedyxjs
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:32 PM |
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Where to find 6.8 microseconds?
Linky
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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BenB
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:38 PM |
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Under the sofa?
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MikeR
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:45 PM |
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does this mean all the worlds atomic clocks are wrong?
Also, do the seconds come off the working part of the day or the sleeping part? I want to know if i'm getting paid extra or losing out on sleep.
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:48 PM |
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Total non story...
quote:
may have changed in position following the the dis
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Would the last person who leaves the country please switch off the lights and close the door!
www.verticalhorizonsmedia.tv
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Also, do the seconds come off the working part of the day or the sleeping part? I want to know if i'm getting paid extra or losing out on sleep.
Thats a good point. Lets all email Mr Gross and ask him 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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iank
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:50 PM |
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The same amount of time has passed, the earthquake didn't change the laws of physics, so the atomic clocks are right.
What they may do is add it into the next leap second calculation.
Any time obviously comes out of your sleeping time, business can't be expected to pay the pennies it would cost to give everyone 6.8usec of
extra holiday. We don't live in a communist state you know.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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BenB
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:53 PM |
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It took me more than 6.8 microseconds to work out I really don't care 
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 01:56 PM |
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No wonder I feel so tired 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 02:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Yahoo News
probably
yeah...
[Edited on 3/3/10 by blakep82]
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jacko
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 06:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
No wonder I feel so tired
Me too
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Stott
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 08:16 PM |
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24 hours is the time taken to do 1 revolution on the earths axis, so how can shifting that axis alter the time it takes to revolve?!?! I'm
confused, surely it still takes 24 hours, it's just a bit on the wonk now
It may have taken 6.8 microseconds of daylight (or darkness) from certain parts of the earth but it couldn't shorten the day(24 hours)
or could it?
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scudderfish
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 09:47 AM |
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If the rotational speed of the planet changes then the length of the day will change. 24 hours will still take 86400 seconds, but the time difference
between mid day and mid day the next day could be shorter or longer.
Anyway to quote wikipedia :-
A sidereal day is approximately 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.091 seconds (23.93447 hours or 0.99726957 SI days), corresponding to the time it takes for the
Earth to complete one rotation relative to the vernal equinox.
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Liam
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 03:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Stott
24 hours is the time taken to do 1 revolution on the earths axis, so how can shifting that axis alter the time it takes to revolve?!?! I'm
confused, surely it still takes 24 hours, it's just a bit on the wonk now
It may have taken 6.8 microseconds of daylight (or darkness) from certain parts of the earth but it couldn't shorten the day(24 hours)
or could it?
As far as I understand, a chunk of crust must have moved vertically (inwards towards centre of the earth in this case) in order to have shortened the
length of the day. The same effect as a spinning figure skater tucking in their arms/legs causing them to spin faster. Just saying the 'axis
has shifted' doesn't seem to be all that technically correct a description.
Liam
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Grimsdale
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 08:08 PM |
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Th
e germans do not agree...
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 5/3/10 at 10:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
We don't live in a communist state you know.
You might as well judging by the amount of control big brother has over your life here in the UK
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/3/10 at 09:04 PM |
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Hold on, leap second? Day shortened by 1.2 microseconds?
Humans defined the measurements of time, why the F are we now having to adjust our own measurements because we got it wrong? I'm going to have
to take a few hundred miles off my car because they're "leap miles" and don't count because a mile is actually
1.0000000000000000000000000121 of a mile.
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