Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Dec 1998 04:15:32 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | RE: Y2k compliance |
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On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Jim Woodward wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Chris Chiapusio wrote: > > > > > now, if we were to 'spin down the earth' we wouldn't have to worry > > > about all this leap year mumbo-jumbo. > > > > Actually, you'd need to spin UP the earth by about 0.068%, > > so you'd better start pushing :) > > Then we'd be back to sqare one :) > that'd make a mess of the 24 hour clock ;)
Not really, a sol (solar day) on earth takes 23:59:56 now and a sederial (stellar) day takes a different amount of time. Never mind a lunar day :)
cheers,
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