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Chilean Earthquake Shortened Earth's Day
ailnlv writes "Days on Earth just got shorter. The recent earthquake in Chile shifted the planet's axis by about 8 cm and shortened days by 1.26 microseconds 'The changes can be modeled, though they're difficult to detect physically given their small size. ... Some changes may be more obvious, and islands may have shifted. ... Santa Maria Island off the coast near Concepcion, Chile’s second-largest city, may have been raised 2 meters (6 feet) as a result of the latest quake ...'"
I can go home a few microseconds early today.
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Crap, I was going to post something funny, but now I'm 1.26 microseconds late. Sorry, I gotta run...
either way, it's anthropogenic.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Man, I checked out that pizza link in your sig, and that is so cool! I wish the pizza place would be that good around here. I live in NYC and I can't even get them to leave their car to deliver pizza to my door, let alone all those other handy features they show there.
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
I mean, don't forget that a day only has 86,400 seconds (give or take...). One such quake doesn't really matter. A hundred won't. A million will start to matter. A billion definitly will.
And of course, they don't happen every day but, well, a billion years ain't that long if you're a planet...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
It means that no one had posted anything to the comments of the story yet. And if you are a /. regular it's really a secret troll code telling you to rush in to comment about frosty piss and checking the post anonymously button while praying to the FSM that you beat all the other cowards to it. ;)
Oh, for fuck's sake! I've got too much shit to do already! And now, I have 1.26 microseconds less to do it in??!! Scheisse! Of course, maybe I shouldn't post on slashdot. Maybe that would save more than 1.26 microseconds.
Similar to the upcoming US election results
I knew it! I blame the political party I'm not affiliated with.
Remember, this is only what a model predicts, unlike what the headline suggests.
Lemme guess: they used the Quake II engine?
"A government is a body of people usually -- notably -- ungoverned." -Shepherd Book
But according to my calculations, all we have to do is set our calendars back a day... ... in 188,253,750 (ish) years.
I wonder how the PS3 will handle this.
A James Bond inch? How awesome!
People of Earth, at 18:00 GMT March 10 we all jump at the same time and regain our microsecond!
Will it affect global climate?
Yes - the days are shorter, therefore less sunlight per day, ergo - global cooling!
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Yes, if we cluster bomb Santa Maria Island, the bombs will strike 2 meters early. And, the Santa Marians will have to dig their bunkers 2 meters deeper. In fact, I just saw a video of Hitler upset about this on youtube, he was pretty vexxed about it.
I knew it! I blame the political party I'm not affiliated with.
You clueless dolt - it's patently obvious the fault of the political party you ARE affiliated with!
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It did not go down. It was a hardware issue.
That's what she said
Q. What do all ice ages have in common?
A. They never happened! That's what they have in common, they have all been concocted by scientists with an agenda to undermine scripture.
And for all those who think that this earthquake wasn't caused by Man ... well it was! Fornication, homosexuality, feminism, democracy, drug-taking, violent video games, on-line porn, science, charity, freedom of speech, blashpemy, etc. etc. all these evils will not go unpunished!
It's the fault of both the parties, you sheeple!
I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
Q. What do all ice ages have in common?
A. They never happened! That's what they have in common, they have all been concocted by scientists with an agenda to undermine scripture.
And for all those who think that this earthquake wasn't caused by Man ... well it was! Fornication, homosexuality, feminism, democracy, drug-taking, violent video games, on-line porn, science, charity, freedom of speech, blashpemy, etc. etc. all these evils will not go unpunished!
Cool ... so how does this work then? Do we just pick our favourite 5 or something? OK ... give me a fornication, drug-taking, on-line porn, with a side of violent video games, and good God why not, throw in some blasphemy!
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I think if everyone in the world stands up and raises their arms for 10 seconds once per year, we can compensate for this.
Would that be The People's Front of Judea?
'If Christ had tweeted the sermon on the mount, it might have lasted until nightfall.' - John Perry Barlow
That lot of bastards? No, it's the People's Judean Front. Next you'll be thinking it was the Judean People's Front or something stupid like that.
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It all depends on who you are. Southwest obviously thinks that Kevin Smith would have a measurable effect.
"This post contains words, known to the State of California to cause thought. Wash brain thoroughly after reading."
What I want to know is, if one were to measure all the energy released from burning all the books in the Library of Congress, how many Libraries of Congress would it total?
http://www.xkcd.com/162/