tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201874739367831894.post3654598600120661296..comments2024-03-28T01:46:02.526-05:00Comments on Healthcare Exchange Standards: Leap Second, yes it has security and privacy relevanceJohn Moehrkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04526719420117446030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201874739367831894.post-71215893734787316022012-07-01T17:30:35.239-05:002012-07-01T17:30:35.239-05:00It appears there may have been quite a bit of fail...It appears there may have been quite a bit of failure all due to a minute with 61 seconds. Here is a Wired article that does a good job of itemizing them all http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/leap-second-bug-wreaks-havoc-with-java-linux/<br /><br />This makes me wonder, just how innumerate are programmers? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeracy<br /><br />A bunch of other Falsehoods that Programmers believe http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-timeJohn Moehrkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526719420117446030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201874739367831894.post-57299590565476839262012-06-28T10:38:56.505-05:002012-06-28T10:38:56.505-05:00At the last relevant standards meeting, the US and...At the last relevant standards meeting, the US and multiple other countries voted to eliminate the leap second. China and multiple other countries voted to keep it. The issue comes up again in about 2yrs. <br /><br />The balance has been slowly shifting towards eliminating the leap seconds and accepting a slow drift of sunrise/sunset times. The forecast drift is about 1 minute per century. The drift is subject to earthquakes, core fluid motion, volcano activity, glacial shifts, ocean warming, etc. so the forecast is not very precise. Just a few more members need to agree, and then the leapseconds will be eliminated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com