Re: Big Freeze Coming!

From: "stuart" <gtddsn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:51:20 -0000

"Paul Saunders" <pvs1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

> "It is the International Earth Rotation Service in Paris which measures
the
> rotation of the earth and determines when a leap second is needed."
>
> So please stop trying to blame the Americans for everything!
>

Ah but, the yanks are now trying to abolish the leap second, which will one
day see GMT arriving in the US, of course at 300 years per degree it will
take a little time!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4420084.stm

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