On Sat 2005-11-12T14:53:29 -0800, Tom Van Baak hath writ: > The other 3 alerts that occasionally give interesting > results are leapsecond, "leap hour", and leaphour.
It deserves mention that scanning news for the corresponding words in seven other languages picks up more articles, but it turns out that aside from English it's the German speakers who seem most fascinated by the subject. -- Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99858 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06014 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m