Now you have more time...

[dreadgeek]

...well, you have another 1.26 microseconds in every day. The earthquake in Chile was so strong that it changed the earth's rotation speed, slowing down the day by 1.26 microseconds and also moved the Earth about 3 feet on its figure axis. (The figure axis is the axis around which the mass of the Earth is balanced, it is NOT the same as the North-South axis but is offset by about 10 meters.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/201003...neddaysonearth

Cheers
Aj

[Rockinonahigh]

Just what I need...more time on my hands~~~~~~

[Linus]

Wait.. I'm comfused.. it says:

The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.

The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

We lost time, didn't we? Or did I misunderstand?

I say it just highlights the importance of living in the now rather than the tomorrow since it may not be there...

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by Linus

Wait.. I'm comfused.. it says:



We lost time, didn't we? Or did I misunderstand?

I say it just highlights the importance of living in the now rather than the tomorrow since it may not be there...

Oops, you know what I realized I posted this and meant to say that we *lost* time not gained it. This is what I get for trying to post when I haven't had my requisite caffeine allotment for the day.

Thanks for catching this Linus!

Cheers
Aj

[Write14u]

Dammit AJ! I had so many plans for that extra 1.26 millisecond.

And now ...
Gone....all my dreams and plans...just gone...

[Daywalker]

Excellent...and now I have just lost time I was saving
in order to prepare for the Galactic Alignment.


And the Pole reversal.



CrAp

[Cyclopea]

Originally Posted by Linus

Wait.. I'm comfused.. it says:



We lost time, didn't we? Or did I misunderstand?

I say it just highlights the importance of living in the now rather than the tomorrow since it may not be there...

Originally Posted by dreadgeek

Oops, you know what I realized I posted this and meant to say that we *lost* time not gained it. This is what I get for trying to post when I haven't had my requisite caffeine allotment for the day.

Thanks for catching this Linus!

Cheers
Aj

Damn you Linus there goes my excuse to put off the housekeeping.

[WILDCAT]

Originally Posted by dreadgeek

Oops, you know what I realized I posted this and meant to say that we *lost* time not gained it. This is what I get for trying to post when I haven't had my requisite caffeine allotment for the day.

Thanks for catching this Linus!

Cheers
Aj

Wow. Incredible force and impact!

So, time really is NOT on our hands.

And the article mentioned 3" (regarding axis shift?), I believe - not feet.

Now, I don't understand much of this... but, with spin, gravity and angles and such... will this rectify itself over the course of [some] time that you know of?

Will this affect all things very well predicted like exact times of New and Full Moons, and the calendar year(s), ultimately? Clock times everywhere?? How will this impact us AJ in those ways do you believe? It's like another whole time existence/reality on our hands, sort of - just like that!? Because it will eventually all add up and/or catch up, yes? Things will have to be changed now, right? (Timings?) And what about changes with anything else, like seasonal and climate? (Over a course of time here I'm talking.)

Thanks,
WILDCAT

[Medusa]

You have to know that the Zombie Apocalypse of 2012 is now closer than ever before!

[dreadgeek]

Originally Posted by WILDCAT

Will this affect all things very well predicted like exact times of New and Full Moons, and the calendar year(s), ultimately? Clock times everywhere?? How will this impact us AJ in those ways do you believe? It's like another whole time existence/reality on our hands, sort of - just like that!? Because it will eventually all add up and/or catch up, yes? Things will have to be changed now, right? (Timings?) And what about changes with anything else, like seasonal and climate? (Over a course of time here I'm talking.)

Thanks,
WILDCAT

Actually there's two different 'times' that we're talking about here. The shift in the spin of the Earth does nothing to affect the flow of Time (what we measure with clocks). So a second is still a second by the formal definition (which has to do with cycles of radioactive decay of a cesium-133 atom). However, the 24.25 hour day just got shorter by a millionth of a second.

It won't affect climate or seasons since it did not change the Earth's orientation on its plane of orbit around the Sun. (The reason we have seasons is that Earth does not orbit the Sun at a 90-degree angle relative to its plane of orbit. Instead we're tilted about 23-degrees toward the sun with a slight wobble so that sometimes it's closer to 22 and sometimes closer to 24 degrees).

The only real-world application I can think would be *at all* affected by this are GPS systems since they take into account the rotation of the Earth. But even that won't matter for the GPS you and I use in our cars since they move so slow relative to what can be done in a millionth of a second.

Cheers
Aj