http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/09/27/the-abolition-of-leap-seconds/ like balloons, only with dancing Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://wongablog.co.uk/2005/09/27/the-abolition-of-leap-seconds/#comment-2426 Timing is everything at wongaBlog Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:09:50 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=1275#comment-2426 [...] Fun thing I found out today that won't mean a thing to non-UK readers: this year's leap-second will be added to the end of tomorrow, which means that the pips on BBC radio will be extended by a whole extra pip! There are already people who complain about the pips being delayed on digital radio due to the second or two needed for compression. This'll really spoil their new year. [...] [...] Fun thing I found out today that won’t mean a thing to non-UK readers: this year’s leap-second will be added to the end of tomorrow, which means that the pips on BBC radio will be extended by a whole extra pip! There are already people who complain about the pips being delayed on digital radio due to the second or two needed for compression. This’ll really spoil their new year. [...]

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