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Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:29 pm**

But on June 30th, we'll have a Leap Second.

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Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:59 pm**

Wow, I never knew about a Leap Second!

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:00 pm**

everybody should've saw this

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:14 pm**

Wait, the Earth's rotation is slowing down? That's probably what will cause the world ending in 2012...

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:16 pm**

hoomdoom wrote:Wait, the Earth's rotation is slowing down? That's probably what will cause the world ending in 2012...

Mayan calendar stuff. (Pretty cool!)

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:38 pm**

Actually leap day occurs every four years. It's not slowing down, as the video guy said

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:42 pm**

Leap days happen every four years because days aren't exactly 24 hours long. Eventually, that time adds up - roughly every four years - to the same length as a day.

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:03 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:14 pm**

hoomdoom wrote:Wait, the Earth's rotation is slowing down? That's probably what will cause the world ending in 2012...

It's not slowing down that much, and please don't tell me that you actually believe that nonsense. People claimed May 21 or whatever was the end of the world, and are we still here?

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:48 pm**

StinkerSquad01 wrote:
hoomdoom wrote:Wait, the Earth's rotation is slowing down? That's probably what will cause the world ending in 2012...
It's not slowing down that much, and please don't tell me that you actually believe that nonsense. People claimed May 21 or whatever was the end of the world, and are we still here?

I believe it was May 21st, and it was based in religion. Now, having said that, let's not let religion grow into a discussion here, but I've heard of the equation that... whatever his name was used to predict the May 21st 2011 end-of-world thing.

Pretty sure the equation he used was off by a year - according to his math, it would've been 2010, not 2011.

"You're already dead" jokes were made at one of my old internet hangouts. Good times.

Posted: **Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:52 pm**

StinkerSquad01 wrote:
hoomdoom wrote:Wait, the Earth's rotation is slowing down? That's probably what will cause the world ending in 2012...
It's not slowing down that much, and please don't tell me that you actually believe that nonsense. People claimed May 21 or whatever was the end of the world, and are we still here?

No.

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:36 am**

Emerald141 wrote:Each year is about 365.26 days long, and leap days are held on February 29th of every year that is divisible by 4 but not 100. There was no Leap Day in 2000, and there won't be one in 2100 either.

Got your facts a little bit backwards there, sorry.

Leap days happen on years that are divisible by 4 or 400, but not every 100 years.

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:54 am**

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:09 pm**

Qloof234 wrote:Leap days happen on years that are divisible by 4 or 400, but not every 100 years.

Really...? I guess I never bothered to know...

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:43 pm**

Hah, there is even a code algorithm for determining a leap year:

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if year modulo 4 is 0
   then
       if year modulo 100 is 0
           then
               if year modulo 400 is 0
                   then
                       is_leap_year
               else
                   not_leap_year
       else
           is_leap_year
else
    not_leap_year

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:58 pm**

Happy Belated Leap Day!

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:05 am**

LEAP DAY IS OVER WAHHH

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:30 am**

But it is the start of SPRING! (Well, or Fall...)

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