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5..4..3..2..1..1? huh?

craftcatcher @craftcatcher (3699) • United States 27 Dec 08

If you want to be completely accurate, this will have to be your New Year's Eve countdown this year! According to an article I read on space.com, due to the Earth's irregular rotation on it's axis caused by various reasons,...

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2008 Leap Second! We're gaining one second this year on Dec. 31, 2008

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 19 Dec 08

Leap seconds have been added to our time for decades but few of us knew about it before the invention of the internet. I bumped into this news last night while perusing newsworthy sites. On December 31, 2008 at exactly 6:59:59...

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faster than the speed of light? I can walk faster!

socorban @socorban (650) • United States 22 May 07

It baffles me that "light speed" and "light years" are still terms used in measuemets of distance in and outside our solar system. Using these terms assumes the speed of light is constant and un changing when it in fact is not at...

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Sharp LCD Atomic Clock beeps

shejon @shejon (1) • United States 25 Mar 07

My Sharp LCD Atomic Clock beeps around 1am for 5 minutes. 1 beep per minute. It doesn't bother me since I'm always asleep, but my spouse is nocturnal and when it starts beeping he immediately thinks the smoke alarm (actually it...

CASIO

debjit @debjit (339) • India 21 Oct 06

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (??????????, Kashio Keisanki Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 6952 ) is a Japanese electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in Tokyo. Casio is best known for their...

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