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2008 has been extended.....

#1 Postby Category 5 » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:27 am

By one second.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... condlonger
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#2 Postby JonathanBelles » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:15 am

WOW! Cool! So that makes for a 61 second minute.
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#3 Postby somethingfunny » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:58 am

I've gotten a two-hour extention....two hours and one second, I suppose. I'll be delivering pizza New Years' Eve so I will have to celebrate with my co-workers on California time, at 2am. :lol:
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#4 Postby Cyclenall » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:22 pm

I think I remember one year when just before New Years, the countdown lasted an extra second. The article said the last time it occured was 2005 so maybe that was it.
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#5 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:25 pm

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#6 Postby JonathanBelles » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:31 pm

That would be funny if during Dick Clarks Rockin New Years Eve...10...9...8...7...6..5..4..3..2..1..1...HAPPY NEW YEAR lol
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#7 Postby Cyclenall » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:26 pm

fact789 wrote:That would be funny if during Dick Clarks Rockin New Years Eve...10...9...8...7...6..5..4..3..2..1..1...HAPPY NEW YEAR lol

It's already happened (2005). The only difference is Dick hasn't been seen in quite a while :lol: .
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#8 Postby coriolis » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:16 pm

A second isn't bad. The Greeks had to "..add an intercalary month to every other year, that the seasons may come round at the right time." (Solon, quoted by Herodotus)
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#9 Postby MGC » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:27 pm

Poor old Earth is showing her age and slowing a bit....I remeber back in the 70's they added a second too.....MGC
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