Posted by
Hemos
on from the getting-flatter-all-the-time dept.
RJG2 writes "MSNBC has an article stating that Earth's gravitational field has changed, becoming stronger towards the equator, thus becoming flatter. The cause has yet to be determined, but it is assumed changes in ocean levels are responsible."
I've been blaming my weight gain on candy bars and junk food. What a relief to find out it's actually just more gravity!
And maybe the shrinking waistband in all my pants is due somehow to the warping effect the extra gravity is having on space?
Back to the Future quote
by
uncoveror
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· Score: 5, Funny
"There's that word again, heavy. Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"
-- The Uncoveror: It's the real news.
Re:Magnetic Pole Changing
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Foxxz
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· Score: 3, Funny
PS-We could probably fix this if we all degauss our monitors at 0900 hours tomarrow:P
Ask my ex workmate, it's the NT7 :)
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jukal
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· Score: 4, Funny
My ex-workmate is rather convinced (don't ask me why:))) that changes like this are caused by the NT7 asteroid which, he believes, will shift earth's magnetism that everything will basicly destroy. Yup, he belives it does not hit the earth, it just passes by so that everything gets wicked. He might be almost blind, but he is a hellable coder. So prepare to get extincted!
Mid life crisis?
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CrazyDwarf
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· Score: 4, Funny
It could be worse, we could be combing Ozone over from areas around the north pole.
-- It's easy to stand out when the general level of competence is so low.
It took centuries for explorers to convince the world that the earth was round. Now it's flat again. What are we supposed to teach our children?
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There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda :wq
Re:A reference on leap seconds
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j_w_d
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· Score: 3, Funny
Based on this information, if the earth loses about 1 second every year, and given: 60 secs/min *60 min/hr *24 hrs/day, there are 86,400 seconds in a day. It follows then that in 86,400 years, the earth stops and starts turning backwards. Obviously this has to be the explanation for geomagnetic reversals. The earth as a washing machine.
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Yo mamma so big that... n/m
Judging by the diagram, this means that the Earth is getting shorter and fatter. Is this news? Thats what happens when you get older...
Cool! I can loose weight not by dieting, but by just moving further north!
-S
--- What parts of "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", and "shall not be violated" don't you understand?
Dunno. Who cookin' the Poles?
I've been blaming my weight gain on candy bars and junk food. What a relief to find out it's actually just more gravity!
And maybe the shrinking waistband in all my pants is due somehow to the warping effect the extra gravity is having on space?
"There's that word again, heavy. Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?"
The Uncoveror: It's the real news.
PS-We could probably fix this if we all degauss our monitors at 0900 hours tomarrow :P
My ex-workmate is rather convinced (don't ask me why :))) that changes like this are caused by the NT7 asteroid which, he believes, will shift earth's magnetism that everything will basicly destroy. Yup, he belives it does not hit the earth, it just passes by so that everything gets wicked. He might be almost blind, but he is a hellable coder. So prepare to get extincted!
It could be worse, we could be combing Ozone over from areas around the north pole.
It's easy to stand out when the general level of competence is so low.
In related news, officials from North Stonington, CT and Hopkinton, RI have cited their recent border confusion on the "fattening" of the Earth.
~N
It took centuries for explorers to convince the world that the earth was round. Now it's flat again. What are we supposed to teach our children?
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
:wq
Based on this information, if the earth loses about 1 second every year, and given: 60 secs/min *60 min/hr *24 hrs/day, there are 86,400 seconds in a day. It follows then that in 86,400 years, the earth stops and starts turning backwards. Obviously this has to be the explanation for geomagnetic reversals. The earth as a washing machine.
------ The only greater hazard to your liberty than n politicians is n+1 politicians.