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How about this?!
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Convinced Leap Day occurs every four years? Think again
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Certainly noteworthy, I guess.
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Leap year babbies live theoretically four times as long as most people! They only age one year for every four years. Wish I was a leap year babby (or wait, no, 'cause then I'd still be in grade school!)
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Yeah; I kind of knew that the rules for how leap years are determined were a little more complex than "every four years".
I just wonder how long it's going to take before we switch over to a date and time system based on an estimated number of seconds since the big bang, based on measurements from the cosmic microwave background. Just kidding, of course, since that wouldn't be a very certain number.
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The logic is kind of arbitrary. All they really needed to do was spread out the leap days evenly enough. We stick with this method for historical reasons but it would be better to actually spread the time offset more evenly. Nitpicking, I know. Not like it makes that much difference within a single four year span, anyway.
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On Monday, February 29th, 2016 at 8:55 pm, Nitrocosm said:
I just wonder how long it's going to take before we switch over to a date and time system based on an estimated number of seconds since the big bang, based on measurements from the cosmic microwave background.
Eh, can't see that happening. Measuring time based on Earth's rotation and orbit seems much more intuitive, anyway. Though it would be amusing if someone actually came up with a system based on the big bang.
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