BBC article, Leap second proposal sparks row:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4420084.stm
I found this bit particularly amusing:
The decision stemmed from the work 200 years previously of the first
English Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, who calculated that the
Earth rotated on its
The decision stemmed from the work 200 years previously of the
first English Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, who calculated that
the Earth rotated on its axis once every 24 hours.
Google saves the day again. Appears to have something to do with
tying together implications of the still young
On Thu 2005-11-10T10:48:29 +, Ed Davies hath writ:
BBC article, Leap second proposal sparks row:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4420084.stm
It should be noted that, as is typical of the BBC, the spelling error
has been corrected and there is now a biographical link to the first
There is a nifty google feature that will scour the internet for news
articles on any subject, and send you weeky, daily, or immediate
notifications.
Browse on http://www.google.com/alerts
Beware- If you ask for 'leap second' you will get more than you want!
Ask for leap second, and you will
