Happy New Year!!
Jan. 1st, 2006 03:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stargaterWell it's 2006, w00t! And of course there is a
Also did you know we experienced a 'Leap Second' this year. Basically Earth's rotation is slowing down and modern atomic clocks keep the time so accurately that on occasion they have to be adjusted. Yep 2005 had one extra second tacked onto it, the last time we had a Leap Second was 7 years ago. More on the Leap Second at the wonderful Wikipedia if anyone is interested. I've found it rather interesting though it seems everyone I've been telling about it for the last couple weeks doesn't seem to think so :P
Also did you know we experienced a 'Leap Second' this year. Basically Earth's rotation is slowing down and modern atomic clocks keep the time so accurately that on occasion they have to be adjusted. Yep 2005 had one extra second tacked onto it, the last time we had a Leap Second was 7 years ago. More on the Leap Second at the wonderful Wikipedia if anyone is interested. I've found it rather interesting though it seems everyone I've been telling about it for the last couple weeks doesn't seem to think so :P
