A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time itself

Re:A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time i... by pit on Monday November 03, 2014 @04:21PM (#8553598)

> "But it can tick for billions of years without loosing a second."

Is it loosing or losing? Are both correct?

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Re:A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time i... by egamble on Monday November 03, 2014 @05:22PM (#8553943)

It's losing. For some reason, I see the "loosing" misspelling more often now than a few years ago. It seems to be a sort of orthographical meme that's spreading.

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Re:A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time i... by 205guy on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @03:34AM (#8555599)

My brain always stumbles on the loose-lose pair. I don't usually substitute them for each other, but I always have to think about which one to write. I believe it is because of the odd spelling and pronunciation of the pair. The extra o does not change the vowel sound, instead it changes the sound made by the s (and neither sound like "close"). Typically, the hard and soft s sound depends on the one or two s's [1]: desert and dessert.

Or it could just be the auto-correct (now in desktop apps as well, not just mobile).

[1] I hate 's for plurals, but how else would you write "esses".

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Re:A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time i... by leoc on Monday November 03, 2014 @04:34PM (#8553670)

Maybe time really is running out. ;)

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Re:A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time i... by pit on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @11:29AM (#8562576)

It's not running out, it's unwinding.

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