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Quake May Have Altered Earth's Rotation
Drudge Report ^
| 12/27/04
| Matt Drudge
Posted on 12/27/2004 6:48:27 PM PST by wagglebee
May have shortened the day by 3 microseconds, said gravity expert Richard Gross of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena... On premise a slab slid into core, Gross said he's done calculations 'to see what effect this (earthquake) should have had.' The result: A day shortened... 'We won't know for weeks,' said a geophysicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 'So it's a guess, as of now'...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; earthquake; earthsrotation; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; sumatraquake; tsunami
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3 microseconds!!!
I was wondering why I didn't have time to get everything done yesterday!
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:48:29 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
I thought my alarm went off earlier then normal today.
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:49:31 PM PST
by
MontanaBeth
(NEVER FORGET)
To: wagglebee
Dang, does that mean my birthday will be earlier than tomorrow?
To: wagglebee
Are they saying that it moved the Earth three microseconds worth of time ahead in its rotation/revolution?
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:51:16 PM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
To: wagglebee
So what are you trying to tell me? That I have to buy a new watch? Suspicious timing coming just after Christmas when most great Americans got at least one watch for Christmas.
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:51:18 PM PST
by
bayourod
(Our troops are already securing our borders against terrorists. They're killing them in Iraq.)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:51:57 PM PST
by
repinwi
To: wagglebee
Can we do away with leap year now?
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:52:18 PM PST
by
carlr
To: wagglebee
Sounds like nothing but is it significant?
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:52:25 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
(Valentines on sale)
To: wagglebee
This will be a doozy of an excuse to show up late for work...
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:53:22 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Nature abhors a moron."-H.L. Mencken)
To: wagglebee
That's 3 less microseconds that I have to spend at work tomorrow......
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:55:23 PM PST
by
LisaMalia
(I DEFY anyone on FR to prove they know less than me....or is it I?)
To: LisaMalia
To: CindyDawg
Sounds like nothing but is it significant? I believe a "micro" is a millionth.
So slowing the earth's rotation bt 3 microseconds means that in a million years a day will be 3 seconds shorter.
We should all be very worried about this.
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:57:52 PM PST
by
Jorge
To: repinwi
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:58:05 PM PST
by
patton
(The Louisiana crawfish is disrupting breeding areas for frogs and other amphibians)
To: bayourod
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:58:46 PM PST
by
Skywarner
(Enjoying freedom? Thank a Veteran!)
To: CindyDawg
Sounds like nothing but is it significant? In the face of massive devestation and 22,000 deaths, 3 MICROseconds seems quite insignificant.
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:58:52 PM PST
by
wagglebee
(Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
To: Jorge
I meant 3 seconds LONGER :)
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:59:11 PM PST
by
Jorge
To: Jorge
Not about the time but penatrating the core and make a tiny , slight change to a perfect machine. That kind of stuff.
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posted on
12/27/2004 6:59:49 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
(Valentines on sale)
To: LisaMalia
"That's 3 less microseconds that I have to spend at work tomorrow......"
That's 3 microseconds earlier that you have to be at work - don't be late!
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:00:36 PM PST
by
RtWngr
(Being tolerant of the intolerant is pretty stupid actually.)
To: LisaMalia
This post took 15,000 microseconds. I'm noticeably slower.
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:00:43 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
To: Indy Pendance
I caught that.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:01:07 PM PST
by
airborne
("All that is gold does not glitter. Not all who wander are lost.")
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