Extra Second Added to 2008
So I am checking Google News this morning and see this in the Tech section.
Tick tock … tick: Extra second added to 2008
The world’s official timekeepers have added a “leap second” to the last day of the year on Wednesday, to help match clocks to the Earth’s slowing spin on its axis, which takes place at ever-changing rates affected by tides and other factors.
That slowing spin of the Earth’s axis is the part that was a bit alarming. I really hope that this is normal. You know unlike that ‘natural’ melting of the polar icecaps, the regular extreme weather and the much warmer than normal (or should I say typical 70F Christmas) in North Carolina.
So we get an extra second. Hopefully this does not mean IT people have to rush out and patch all the servers to account for this. 
