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Re:Experts consider consequences of ‘leap second’ elimination by cmsmith on Thursday September 19, 2013 @06:24PM (#6414700)
The sun moves 0.25 arcminutes in the sky every second, and has an apparent diameter of 30 arcminutes. Meaning that even after 50 years, if you (or your solar panels) look straight up at noon you'll still be pointed at the sun. So systems built to last for hundreds of years are the only situations where I could see it mattering.
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Re:Experts consider consequences of ‘leap second’ elimination by PeterisP on Thursday September 19, 2013 @06:45PM (#6414796)
Even less than that - it affects only systems that are both built to last for hundreds of years and have no maintenance or communications possible for hundreds of years and aren't smart enough to carry a bit of code to do an approximate adjustment themselves. Which should mean no systems at all.
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Re:Experts consider consequences of ‘leap second’ elimination by tomrod on Thursday September 19, 2013 @08:29PM (#6415242)
The only one that comes to mind is Stonehenge.
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Re:Experts consider consequences of ‘leap second’ elimination by s_q_b on Thursday September 19, 2013 @09:00PM (#6415364)
Sun-tracking monoliths in general. We should really get around to building one of these near the seed vault at some point.
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Re:Experts consider consequences of ‘leap second’ elimination by spiritplumber on Thursday September 19, 2013 @09:50PM (#6415527)
Keyword being "should".
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