[LEAPSECS] the leap second in the media

[Tony Finch]

The Guardian soeaks to Peter Whibberley, "a senior research scientist at
the National Physical Laboratory". There's discussion about the future of
leap seconds, and he's against any change in line with the UK's national
policy as we saw in the WP7a summary.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/30/leap-second-new-year

Wednesday's PM on Radio 4 included an item about the way the keepers of
the Big Ben clock handled the leap second. They slowed it down for several
hours by removing a stack of old coins from a plate near the top of the
pendulum to lower its centre of gravity. They replaced them again when it
had lost a seond. Rubber seconds, 19th century style! You can still get
the episode (usng realplayer) until about 17:00 UTC from this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/

Tony.
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