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Leap Second

Post by CardZeus » Fri, 30 Dec 2005 5:15 pm

Happy New Year to all !!! Don't celebrate too early though - a leap second is being added this year. So if you listen to BBC 'pips' you'll hear 7 instead of the normal 6
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Post by riversandlakes » Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:30 pm

Hence will the countdown be 10,9,8,...,3,2,1,1?
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Post by Saint » Tue, 03 Jan 2006 8:56 pm

Damn, I totally forgot about the extra second. There was so much I had planned :) Oh well will just have to wait for the next time :lol:

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