On 23 Dec 2008 at 21:58, Steve Allen wrote:
> On Tue 2008-12-23T20:08:06 -0800, Brian Garrett hath writ:
> > examples of how the leap second
> > to be thrust upon us next week is affecting list members' current
> > projects.
>
> On-campus we have just suffered a backplane failure in the main disk
For the leap second on WWV/WWVH you will "hear" two omitted ticks
instead of one at the 59th/60th seconds. Feel free to check out
www.time.gov for the leap second also - it should show the 23:59:60.
...but only if you push the tiny "UTC" button.
If you do the obvious thing and click on the gr
At 10:58 PM 12/23/2008, Steve Allen wrote:
In short, we took no precautions at the end of 2005, and we will take
none this year. I expect to be sitting with my girls listening to
WWV and WWVH.
For the leap second on WWV/WWVH you will "hear" two omitted ticks instead
of one at the 59th/60th s
Sanjeev Gupta wrote:
>Any help on how to use a Linux PC driving a large monitor/LCD projector to
>show a group of school children the leap second?
Firstly, for the Linux clock to indicate the leap second at all, you
*must* be NTP-synchronised. As long as you have a net connection, there
are plent
Brian Garrett wrote:
As interesting as the continuing theoretical discussions are (or at
least, what I as an interested bystander can comprehend of them), I
think it might be informative to see examples of how the leap second
to be thrust upon us next week is affecting list members' current
Folks,
Any help on how to use a Linux PC driving a large monitor/LCD projector to
show a group of school children the leap second? It will be in daylight
hours here (Singapore).
--
Sanjeev Gupta
+65 98551208
On Tue 2008-12-23T20:08:06 -0800, Brian Garrett hath writ:
> > examples of how the
On Tue 2008-12-23T20:08:06 -0800, Brian Garrett hath writ:
> examples of how the leap second
> to be thrust upon us next week is affecting list members' current
> projects.
On-campus we have just suffered a backplane failure in the main disk
array server, followed by a complete shutdown of power t
As interesting as the continuing theoretical discussions are (or at least, what
I as an interested bystander can comprehend of them), I think it might be
informative to see examples of how the leap second to be thrust upon us next
week is affecting list members' current projects. Specific examp
