Comments on: Three! Two! One! One Again! http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/12/29/three-two-one-one-again/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/12/29/three-two-one-one-again/comment-page-1/#comment-676872 Jimmie Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:51:39 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7224#comment-676872 <a href="#comment-676870" rel="nofollow">@Mr. Science Guy</a> - Oh, I know. I really don't have a good theory and I'm not sure where to even start looking for the answer. I consider it another way the world around me seems to work just fine even though it surely looks odd. @Mr. Science Guy –

Oh, I know. I really don't have a good theory and I'm not sure where to even start looking for the answer. I consider it another way the world around me seems to work just fine even though it surely looks odd.

]]> By: Mr. Science Guyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/12/29/three-two-one-one-again/comment-page-1/#comment-676870 Mr. Science Guy Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:38:35 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7224#comment-676870 Feel free to blame global warming, if you want. Or ghosts, or aliens, or <i>The Core</i>, or continental drift; you have the right to hold any opinion you choose. Just be clear that opinions aren't science. Feel free to blame global warming, if you want. Or ghosts, or aliens, or The Core, or continental drift; you have the right to hold any opinion you choose. Just be clear that opinions aren't science.

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/12/29/three-two-one-one-again/comment-page-1/#comment-676859 Jimmie Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:52:22 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7224#comment-676859 <a href="#comment-676855" rel="nofollow">@Mr. Science Guy</a> - It is a copout if I just blame global warming? @Mr. Science Guy –

It is a copout if I just blame global warming?

]]> By: Mr. Science Guyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/12/29/three-two-one-one-again/comment-page-1/#comment-676856 Mr. Science Guy Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7224#comment-676856 BTW, I'm one of those people to whom the added second will matter. A little. The computers will handle the actual time keeping, but they have to be programmed to know that December 31st is one second longer this year. BTW, I'm one of those people to whom the added second will matter. A little. The computers will handle the actual time keeping, but they have to be programmed to know that December 31st is one second longer this year.

]]> By: Mr. Science Guyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/12/29/three-two-one-one-again/comment-page-1/#comment-676855 Mr. Science Guy Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:09:05 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7224#comment-676855 It's about time, if you'll pardon the pun--we had 6 leap seconds in the 80's, and 7 in the 90's, but this will only be the 2nd one since then. Want a real science project? Figure out why the Earth's rotation sped up in 2000. (I'm pretty sure it's not because somebody drilled down to the core and detonated nuclear devices.) An increase in Antarctic ice would do it, or some pretty substantial dams built far from the equator... It's about time, if you'll pardon the pun–we had 6 leap seconds in the 80's, and 7 in the 90's, but this will only be the 2nd one since then.

Want a real science project? Figure out why the Earth's rotation sped up in 2000. (I'm pretty sure it's not because somebody drilled down to the core and detonated nuclear devices.) An increase in Antarctic ice would do it, or some pretty substantial dams built far from the equator…

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