Well, first off, I\'d like to wish you all a Happy New Year.
Second, I tell you that this year will be special. \"Why?\" you might think. I\'ll tell you why. 1 second. That\'s all. We won\'t have the usual 31,536,000 seconds, but 31,536,001 seconds. Why? By God\'s Almighty B-hind, I don\'t have any idea.
Why is this year one, I ask you, ONE second longer? Because some time-obsessed freak decided it? Because it\'s another plot by the US government to invade our daily lives? Has this been done by aliens to brainwash us in our confusion about why this has been done? Or am I just ranting? Spitting out total useless crap? You tell me.

I heared it\'s because the Earth is slowing down in it\'s orbit around the sun. Over the last so many years (100, I think), it\'s slowed down by one second, they they\'ve added it on to this year.


[Edited on 2/1/06 by Samsara]

You\'re just ranting, I guess.

It\'s a correction to fit within the standards of astronomics. New measurements throughout many years have proved that the Earth\'s rotation period is not exactly 24 hours, but very slightly less than that. And since our time standards are dependent to astronomical \"constants\", we\'re obligated to make corrections to fit those.

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html

I don\'t give a crap it\'s one freaken second so it doesn\'t matter to me.

Hooray for me reading Bob and George.

Yeah... I think that\'s just one more second for us to take for granted.

This is quite intereting (to me). This may accutally change some things even if it is by one second, but what could this lead to?

But over time it will add up maybe there will be days added!:eek:

Yeah, days will be added sometime way after we\'re all dead, and cockaroaches are ruling the Earth. Either them, or Ubisoft.

I\'ve heared about the butterfly effect, but can one second really change that much.

(Am I the only one who though the adult Evan looked like Dave Grohl? o.0 )