The One-Second War

Remember leap seconds? Well, here's an interesting article about the little Y2K effect that they produce - including significant costs for the hour preceding and after - for the military. Cool look at how time has been kept `tracked' of over the centuries and more recently. - http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/5/107699-the-one-second-war/fulltext
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Meanwhile..... Conspiracy Theory: Why, Really, Did Nevada Remove Geocaches? - http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/22/conspiracy-theory-why-really-did-nevada-remove-geocaches/ -- removed along the UFO highway mostly. Hmmm.
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Boosting tourism through "geocaching": high-tech treasure hunts luring "e-fluentials" to Indiana sites. (Last Word).(1,023 geocaches in Indiana): An article from: Indiana Business Magazine


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The Bloop - one of five unknown sounds of the ocean - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop - great read.
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Speaking of unknown, you have to see the dog learn about Physics in the top video at my newsblog today - http://morningredditheadlines.blogspot.com/2011/07/reddit-headlines-july-10th-2011.html
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