As if the 8 years with Bush weren't long enough...

[yzq]

Wait a second. The start of next year will be delayed by circumstances beyond everyone's control. Time will stand still for one second on New Year's Eve, as we ring in the New Year on that Wednesday night. As a result, you'll have an extra second to celebrate because a "Leap Second" will be added to 2008 to let a lagging Earth catch up to super-

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[frankchn]

Yep, aligns UTC to true civil time. We can always celebrate the coming of 2009 in TAI, which has no such problems =p

[yzq]

sounds like material for a geeky webcomic =p

[amberette]

the section on "How to see and hear the extra second" hurts my brains!

[yzq]

haha i didn't even read that originally.. i can see why though =p the weird part is in counting 3, 2, 1, 1, happy new year!