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| + | "24 hours 4 minutes" because the period of rotation of the Earth is 24 hours MINUS four minutes. | ||
| + | EST = Eastern Standard Time (USA) or England Standard Time (UK); there's no easy way to disambiguate this since it is a common time zone for English speakers in the USA and UK. | ||
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| + | "Run clocks backward" a possible reference to the leap second. | ||
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| + | "0.9144" because 1 yard = 0.9144 meters | ||
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| + | "triple 4 hours after every full moon" = add on an additional 12 hours every full moon, to make the time between full moons exactly 30 "days" (in real life it's 29.5 days). [[Special:Contributions/75.103.23.206|75.103.23.206]] 21:44, 7 December 2012 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 03:26, 17 December 2012
"24 hours 4 minutes" because the period of rotation of the Earth is 24 hours MINUS four minutes.
EST = Eastern Standard Time (USA) or England Standard Time (UK); there's no easy way to disambiguate this since it is a common time zone for English speakers in the USA and UK.
"Run clocks backward" a possible reference to the leap second.
"0.9144" because 1 yard = 0.9144 meters
"triple 4 hours after every full moon" = add on an additional 12 hours every full moon, to make the time between full moons exactly 30 "days" (in real life it's 29.5 days). 75.103.23.206 21:44, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
