[Year 12 SofDev] It only takes a second to bring the apocalypse

[Mark]

Brittle technology.

Here we go again...

"The last time a leap second was added was on June 30, 2012 and that did
cause some technical problems for popular websites like Reddit and Mozilla
and LinkedIn. ...Qantas computer systems went down for a period of time
partially because of it.

"So is it going to be the end of the world as we know it?"


   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
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   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-21/warning-issued-over-addition-of-leap-second-to-worlds-clocks/6485976
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   http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/handwringing-as-leap-second-approaches-threatens-to-disrupt-markets-20150521-gh6irw.html
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   http://www.afr.com/news/leap-second-will-be-phased-in-to-avoid-disrupting-sharemarket-20150521-gh6b13


I mean to say, people.

In 1750 the Brits were able to skip *11 entire days* to reform their
calendar so that the new legal year began on 1 January rather than 25 March
(Lady Day) and they finally synchronised with the Gregorian calendar, as
used in most of western Europe.

*Their* jets weren't falling out the sky!

-- 

Mark Kelly
mark AT vceit DOT com
http://vceit.com
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