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The "International Earth Rotation Service" is a thing that exists [1]. It's where leap seconds come from. [1] iers.org
by jloughry 11y ago
The "International Earth Rotation Service" is a thing that exists [1]. It's where leap seconds come from.
[1] iers.org
- logfromblammo 11y agoAnd if you fail to pay their bill, you'd better hope you like the position of the sun where it is when the service shuts down. And don't forget that there may be an extra "tidal unlocking fee" that you'll have to pay before it gets reinstated.
- taejo 11y agohttp://www.iers.org http://www.iers.org, actually: iers.org doesn't resolve.
- lutusp 11y ago> http://www.iers.org http://www.iers.org, actually: iers.org doesn't resolve. That's an embarrassing configuration oversight -- it doesn't cost any more to add the "www" prefix to one's DNS record, and in the worst case the two names can be merged as one or the other. In the worst case, someone could hijack the unused form and use it to redirect traffic anywhere they want.