----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Allen" <sla_at_UCOLICK.ORG>
To: <LEAPSECS_at_ROM.USNO.NAVY.MIL>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:14 AM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] leap seconds in video art
> Earlier this year Felicity Hickson produced a work of art comprised of
> 23 seconds of statements by 23 people on the 23 leap seconds since 1972.
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=GtYvSjS1jUI
>
You give us 23 seconds, we'll give you the world :)
Interesting video, though most of the mini-lectures did imply that leap
seconds compensate for secular deceleration of the earth rather than
seasonally accumulated differences between UTC and UT1. Then again, anyone
likely to watch this video will probably already understand the difference.
Brian
Received on Tue Aug 01 2006 - 14:05:43 PDT