Question of the day

[CatmanV2]

Correct on the DJ. Very influential man.

The other bit is Python Lee Jackson

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[Zep]

And expert at playing music at the wrong speed

 

[midlifecrisis]

And expert at playing music at the wrong speed

But some if the stuff he played worked better at the wrong speed... Swans LWTUA covers sounds like joy division at 33rpm for instance...

 

[allandwf]

You all managed to get there as a collective! not sure whos question it is now though.

 

[daverichardson]

Query?
Did John Peel actually sing on it or just manage the band?
Just out of interest don't you know.

 

[daverichardson]

I will sneak a 3 parter in of that is ok?
a) What is a Leap Second
b) When was it first used
c) Why do we bother with it anyway

 

[allandwf]

Query?
Did John Peel actually sing on it or just manage the band?
Just out of interest don't you know.

I think he just recorded them for his record label at the time.

 

[Guest 1678]

Got a feeling it is something to do with a wobble in the earth's rotation and there is a lag that means we lose a second occasionally. All tied into atomic clocks.

As for when, no idea.

As for why, to be able to synchronise systems across the globe is my guess.

 

[daverichardson]

Pretty good!
We measure time (rightly or wrongly) using atomic clocks. They do not change over millions of years
The earth does indeed wobble and hence there is a difference between atomic and that wobble which we recoup periodically to synchronise time as you said.

Just a year to choose now, Have a go you know you want to

 

[zagatoes30]

Atomic clocks have to be relatively recent so how does 1951 sound as a guess

 

[GeoffCapes]

Didn't they adjust it last month?

 

[daverichardson]

Yes, they adjusted last month,
No, 1951 is way too early, but I like your thought process

The breadth of knowledge on useless stuff on this forum is staggering, music, sport, geography, high physics, poetry and on..........

 

[daverichardson]

The year we started this Leap Second was

1972

over to Yogurt for getting 2 / 3

 

[zagatoes30]

Gone quiet, anyone else fancy setting a new question?

 

[daverichardson]

I set the last one so someone else can have a chance

 

[MrCoop]

I'll stick in a random question.

Name the two lovebirds who studied at the fictional Rydell High School.

 

[CatmanV2]

Danny Zucco and Sandra Dee

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[MrCoop]

Straight in there Catman, someone likes their musicals!

 

[CatmanV2]

Straight in there Catman, someone likes their musicals!

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What is anthropodermic bibliopegy?

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[daverichardson]

Very contagious