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Workweek Causes Climate Changes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-take-the-week-off dept.

Shipud writes "An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that daily temperature ranges are smaller on weekdays than on weekends. This phenomenon is strongest in the US, but also appears in China and Japan. The researchers attribute this to human activity, although the exact mechanism is unclear. The prime suspect is aerosol / cloud interactions. Here is the more legible version from Scientific American"

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  1. Does this explain by gnuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    why it's nice and sunny all week and then rains every weekend?

    1. Re:Does this explain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes you were correct, this article confirms your belief that you prinicple and teachers have been controlling the weather for many years.

    2. Re:Does this explain by fenix+down · · Score: 2, Funny

      Anybody else know that "The Way Things Really Work" book? I got it as a present a few years ago, I think. Making fun of "The Way Things Work" with these big overcomplicated flow-chart cartoons about the photo shop guys stealing all the pictures of your wife in her bathing suit. Alternately stupid and funny. The only one I really remember is the one explaining how airport P.A.s work. The guy eats a bunch of "garble lozenges" first and covers the microphone with a "mumble mitten" and whatever. I know he did one for why it rains on weekends, but I don't remeber any of it.

  2. Not a Surprise Considering... by DaRat · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the make up of most teams. After all, with the amount of hot air and BS coming from your PHB and the more difficult members of your team, do you wonder why there is an impact on the climate after a 2 hour team meeting?

  3. The solution! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A mandatory 7 day work week! This will result in stability.

  4. That's why! by lh0628 · · Score: 0, Funny

    So that's why it's so cold in the north pole.

  5. Not Me! by airrage · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't use aerosol, I use roll on...

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  6. Aerosol by NanoWit · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know when I'm driving to work on weekdays I go through about 2 cans of aerosol spray. You know, just to pass the time. Maybe it's my fault, sorry guys.

  7. more legible version by somethingwicked · · Score: 2, Funny

    The prime suspect is aerosol / cloud interactions. Here is the more legible version from Scientific American"

    Because its the weekend at the Scientific American and they don't have the aerosol/cloud interactions making it hazy and unreadable. So their "legible version" is weekday free making it less blurry!

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  8. Bah, this is /. by justMichael · · Score: 2, Funny

    most folks here don't use either ;)

  9. This can't be right. by hcuar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, this can't be right... The matrix would suffer from low power and the human's would start to see glitches. OMG! That's why I had to work weekends for the last year! Here I thought it was because we were hopelessly behind in our project! Maybe it is true!

    1. Re:This can't be right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Perhaps he just spelled "wood" wrong and is referring to the male erection? Eh, it could happen! I certainly don't want glitches in MY wood.

  10. Or, more importantly, by Jailbrekr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you quantify whether there is a change in temperature variations when SCO publishes yety another press release?

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  11. Re:Welp.. people drive more during the week... by twoslice · · Score: 1, Funny
    The prime suspect is aerosol / cloud interactions.

    No, actually I think it means that we just stink more on the weekend cause we don't use deodorant...

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  12. The actual prime suspect by worst_name_ever · · Score: 5, Funny
    The prime suspect is aerosol / cloud interactions.

    No, the prime suspect is my co-worker Bob. Man, does that guy ever have B.O. Jeez.

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  13. Thats it... by buktotruth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thats it, i'm staying home during the week and going to work on the weekends. Gotta counteract this "weekend effect somehow"...even if it means going to work 3 days less during the week. I'll be taking one for the team here.

  14. Re:What about mass Taco Bell Picnics? by RobinH · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anyone test to see if the consumption of bean filled meals changed the environment? They blame global warming on bovine flatulence but it could it be the mass consumption of burritos?

    I always wondered why it was so hot in Mexico... now I know! Wow, on Slashdot, you learn something new every day.

    I already figured out why it's colder in Canada though... you see, people up here in Canada are more likely to wear insulated clothing, and that keeps body heat from escaping into the environment. This effect is most notable in the winter, when almost everyone wears several layers of insulated clothing when going out of their house, and this translates to even colder temperatures than usual. Of course, the interiors of houses still stay warm all year long, because people never wear bulky clothing indoors; that would be rather inconvenient, after all.

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  15. I read a book by anotherone · · Score: 2, Funny

    I saw a book a few years ago called "The Way Things Really Work", which proposed something very close to this theory. It was a humor book, however. It also suggested that we add a few more days to the week to solve the problem.

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  16. I guess... by iomud · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unemployment is the new environmentalism.

  17. Re:Welp.. people drive more during the week... by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scientists don't like to say that the earth is in the center of the universe, however, since it sounds very Ptolemaic. As a scientist nowadays, the fashionable approach is to consider oneself and one's situation as meager and uninteresting as possible. In this vein you can conclude that, in an infinite universe, every point is the center. However, while we don't know whether spacetime itself is infinite, we sure as hell know that matter isn't - otherwise it would be light-as-day during the night (which it isn't)! So, scientists who fancy the universe-is-infinite approach to avoid placing the earth at the center is just fooling himself.
    In other news, another AC got stoned for the first time today.

  18. Re:Does this mean? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...if I ate beans for lunch, my fart will warm the atmosphere by .000000001 degree?

    Large scale farting (involving sheep) is required for real change:
    http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/947129/posts

    I heard that President Bush is planning a preemptive strike on New Zealand because of their weapons of mass flatulence (WMF). A division of scotsmen will be air dropped in to plug the holes.

  19. Re:Welp.. people drive more during the week... by Bull999999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Earth may not be center of the universe as in beer, but it is the center of the universe as in freedom.

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  20. Re:Welp.. people drive more during the week... by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's it, you've convinced me. I'm having my car's brakes removed tomorrow. "For the Children"

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