Romy Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Here's 3 videos about it. You don't have to watch them all, I just added different approaches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIvfPn4B78 One focusing on Earth's axis-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrm7E1XZGHc And lastly, a more scientific one-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8BvxAIsVDU Sure, there isn't a real "impact" on our time, but it's interesting nevertheless :o... Kind of scary too :S... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 That's interesting...makes you wonder if millions of years from now earthquakes will be the end of us. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romy Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 ^ If I remember correctly, the guy on the first video said it's not only earthquakes that could cause these things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 What am I going to do? I can't live without those 1.26 microseconds or whatever it was! Earth-shattering news people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouwzie Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Bloody amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romy Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Guys, the title is a joke... As in, I didn't really think it would matter to any of you that your days got shorter by 1.26 millionth of a second, but rather found the phenomenon interesting and wanted to share... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Guys, the title is a joke... As in, I didn't really think it would matter to any of you that your days got shorter by 1.26 millionth of a second, but rather found the phenomenon interesting and wanted to share...Yeah, it's not interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jernlov Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I was laughing about this on IRC when it was first "announced." Jokes were made about what we were going to do now we had 1.26ms less in a day. Yeah, I don't particularly care much. Steam | Soup | Last.fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcneilp Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Learned about this kind of stuff in one of my classes last semester, i find it quite interesting. It isn't in the castle, It isn't in the mist, It's a calling of the waters, As they break to show, The new Black Death, With reactors aglow, Do you think your security, Can keep you in purity, You will not shake us off above or belowScottish frictionScottish fiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romy Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Guys, the title is a joke... As in, I didn't really think it would matter to any of you that your days got shorter by 1.26 millionth of a second, but rather found the phenomenon interesting and wanted to share...Yeah, it's not interesting. Why bother posting then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 What am I going to do? I can't live without those 1.26 microseconds or whatever it was! Earth-shattering news people. Great pun. Pretty interesting, I heard about this the other day. Sadly now my perfectly timed clock is off by 1.26ms :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 This isn't testable, they are pretty much positive that was the effect the earthquake had on the world. However, many, many other things also affect the rotation on a daily basis on both the positive and negative side which means while the earthquake caused us to lose a millionth of a second there are other things that added a 1/4 millionth of a second or so, and in the end they couldn't even find the earthquake in the measurements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 a fraction of a second seems really insignificant, but thinking that an earthquake shifted the axis at all is amazing. Who knows? Maybe this will correct global warming. I always knew Earth could fix itself. :D Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 a fraction of a second seems really insignificant, but thinking that an earthquake shifted the axis at all is amazing. Who knows? Maybe this will correct global warming. I always knew Earth could fix itself. :D Did you read my post above? The earth shifts it's axis like this EVERY SINGLE DAY. It always has, and always will. So no, it won't fix global warming, the only way to do that is not pollute as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Aw, now I won't have time to wash my kangaroo anymore. Whatever will I do with all these exotic animals? Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romy Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 a fraction of a second seems really insignificant, but thinking that an earthquake shifted the axis at all is amazing. Who knows? Maybe this will correct global warming. I always knew Earth could fix itself. :D Did you read my post above? The earth shifts it's axis like this EVERY SINGLE DAY. It always has, and always will. So no, it won't fix global warming, the only way to do that is not pollute as much. From what I understood, it's not that easy to change the axis by 8 CM. I could be wrong though, as I don't really know much (if at all) about the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Smash40 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 i think it's ridiculous. how can you even measure such a miniscule amount as 3 inches when the scale of the earth to the cosmos is [bleep]in huge? it's probably hosh posh, and whatever will i do without 1.3 milliseconds?! ~ 3,072nd to 99 Mining on August 30th, 2009 ~~ 112,084th to 99 Magic on April 16th, 2011 ~~ 131,681st to 99 Crafting on March 29, 2019 ~~ 178,385th to 99 Prayer on April 2, 2019 ~~ 234,921st to 99 Defence on May 9, 2019 ~~ 173,480th to 99 Herblore on June 21, 2019 ~~ 155,160th to 99 Smithing on July 16, 2019 ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 From what I understood, it's not that easy to change the axis by 8 CM. I could be wrong though, as I don't really know much (if at all) about the subject. It's not that easy, but that earthquake had a lot of force. There are so many other things that have that amount of force also though, so they couldn't even find the 3 inches in the data. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124249439 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krimi Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Guys, the title is a joke... As in, I didn't really think it would matter to any of you that your days got shorter by 1.26 millionth of a second, but rather found the phenomenon interesting and wanted to share...Yeah, it's not interesting.Oh right guys, skully sc obviously knows what interesting means for everyone else besides him! Since he's such an established member he can set objective standards on everyone, not only in video games, but in other subjects as well now! Anyways. Granted it's very minuscule, but won't some experiments and equations that require precision need some tweaking now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nenga Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 a fraction of a second seems really insignificant, but thinking that an earthquake shifted the axis at all is amazing. Who knows? Maybe this will correct global warming. I always knew Earth could fix itself. :D Did you read my post above? The earth shifts it's axis like this EVERY SINGLE DAY. It always has, and always will. So no, it won't fix global warming, the only way to do that is not pollute as much.It is impossible to 'fix' global warming. Even if every single person on the face of the earth stopped living any sort of modernized polluting life, it would still happen. Global warming happens naturally, and will happen. Humans have just sped up the process. I heard about it yesterday. Even if it is just a little bit of a second it still is kinda cool. Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Guys, the title is a joke... As in, I didn't really think it would matter to any of you that your days got shorter by 1.26 millionth of a second, but rather found the phenomenon interesting and wanted to share...Yeah, it's not interesting.Oh right guys, skully sc obviously knows what interesting means for everyone else besides him! Since he's such an established member he can set objective standards on everyone, not only in video games, but in other subjects as well now! Anyways. Granted it's very minuscule, but won't some experiments and equations that require precision need some tweaking now? Yeah, I was wondering on the same lines. If those atomic clocks can measure to an accuracy of a second over the course of a billion years, and change of 1.3 microseconds in a day, every day, suddenly becomes significant. It might mean that we would have to put more 'leap seconds' in the UTC clock. ~ W ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mrmegakirby Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I didn't watch the video (dial up >.>) but how did they measure that tiny of a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Aw, now I won't have time to wash my kangaroo anymore. Whatever will I do with all these exotic animals? No other choice but to put it down, man. Put it down like Old Yeller. SWAG Mayn U wanna be like me but U can't be me cuz U ain't got ma swagga on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 This makes me wonder if a more powerful earthquake could have bigger impacts. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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