Earth changes its spin, baffles scientists

[Analog]

Experts agree that the rate at which the Earth travels through space has slowed ever so slightly for millennia. To make the world's official time agree with where the Earth actually is in space, scientists in 1972 started adding an extra "leap second" on the last day of the year.

For 28 years, scientists repeated the procedure. But in 1999, they discovered the Earth was no longer lagging behind.
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[Regs]

Who farted?

 

[Electrode]

I blame the butterfly.

 

[freakflag]

Yeah, I took a paticularly long p!ss off the back porch last night. Sorry. Everything will be back to normal soon.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Thank God!! I've been a second off schedule all day and couldn't understand why. It's comforting to know it wasn't my fault.

 

[Azraele]

Originally posted by: Electrode
I blame the butterfly.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: Azraele

Originally posted by: Electrode
I blame the butterfly.

 

[ajpa123]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: Azraele

Originally posted by: Electrode
I blame the butterfly.

Are you refering to the butterfly's wings flapping changing the wind patterns that caused the typhoons/hurricanes.. lol
I remember reading that.. where did i read that. tell me ?

 

[kmac1914]

Originally posted by: ajpa123

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: Azraele

Originally posted by: Electrode
I blame the butterfly.

Are you refering to the butterfly's wings flapping changing the wind patterns that caused the typhoons/hurricanes.. lol
I remember reading that.. where did i read that. tell me ?

well, it's either that, or he's just smarter than most people, because
[simpsons] no one ever suspects the butterfly...:evil:[/simpsons]

 

[Grey]

The just made a movie about this, the butterfly effect. It looked ok in the movie trailer..

 

[LordMorpheus]

heh: You know that the rotation of the earth is slowing down due to tidal forces: the same reason the moon's rotation has slowed so that only one side ever faces the earth.

so yeah, earth is doomed.

 

[XZeroII]

Yea, we're all going to die

 

[JonnyStarks]

Are you a Dilbert fan ajpa? It did mention something along those lines in one of Scott Adams' books... I believe it was The Dilbert Future

 

[ThePresence]

LOL @ the scientists.

 

[Jittles]

The butterfly thing is from chaos theory. A butterfly flapping on one side of the world can cause a hurricane on the other side.

(did a high school project on chaos theory few years back)

 

[Howard]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE