RE: Y2k compliance

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Sun, 6 Dec 1998 04:15:32 +0100 (CET)

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,

Rik -- the flu hits, the flu hits, the flu hits -- MORE
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