[LEAPSECS] Leap Second Announced by IERS (fwd)

[Rob Seaman]

On Jul 4, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote:


>> A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December  

>> 2008.

>

> Good. I guessed right this time:

>   http://www.leapsecond.com/java/nixie.htm


And Poul-Henning and I owe each other a beer, should we ever find  
ourselves in the same locale :-)  (I'll be in Portland, OR next week,  
Santa Barbara at the beginning of August, Baltimore in October, Québec  
in November.)

Rob
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On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Rob Seaman wrote:


>> On Apr 9, 2008, at 6:53 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>>

>>> Should we make an informal bet on when the next leap second  

>>> happens ?

>>

>> I'll take December 2008.  A Carlsberg Elephant (what do the locals  

>> drink?) versus your choice from the Nimbus brewery in Tucson?

>>

>> Rob

>



> That was my guess too...

>

> Elephants are falling out of fashion here, along with pretty much

> any other Carlsberg product.  In the last couple of years Denmark

> has gone from 8 to several thousand (mostly micro-)breweries as a

> tasteful revolution against industrialized beer has taken hold.

>

> But I'll promise you a good beer if you pop around here, no matter  

> what.

>

> Poul-Henning