Well, over time the lunar tidal effects will cancel out the increase in the earth's rotational speed, and in the long run, days will continue to get longer.
Billions of years ago, a day was about eight hours.
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Dec 28, 2004 2:09:16 pm PST #1001 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2004 2:11:33 pm PST #1002 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How could you get any work done???!?
tommyrot - Dec 28, 2004 2:15:22 pm PST #1003 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Not having enough time to get their work done is what caused trilobites to go extinct.
Sean K - Dec 28, 2004 2:27:32 pm PST #1004 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
By a tiny but measurable amount, the Earth is now rotating more quickly on its axis, and the 24-hour day is now one ten-thousandth second shorter.
Wow, that is so frelling cool.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 28, 2004 2:58:37 pm PST #1005 of 10002
What is even happening?
No! There's not enough time.
Sean K - Dec 28, 2004 3:06:07 pm PST #1006 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
What's a then thousandth of a second here or there, Cin? That's frelling awesome! The rotation of the Earth changed measurably from that.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 28, 2004 3:09:07 pm PST #1007 of 10002
What is even happening?
Well, I want all the clocks recalibrated, so I live longer, on paper, then.
Sean K - Dec 28, 2004 3:12:19 pm PST #1008 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hee!
Huh, the United Christian Children's Fund whipped up a new segment to their usual commercials pretty darned fast. They just did one talking about how "23,000 need children died last night," and how we need to chip in to help the ones still alive. That's some good response time.
Also? THUNDERSTORM!!! Like, multiple lightning strikes and stuff. This is the first on that's come close to being a real thunderstorm since I moved out here.
Gus - Dec 28, 2004 3:15:18 pm PST #1009 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I was born before Cindy. The Earth moved slower then. In two millenniums from now, my experience of life will be nearly a full day richer in experience than Cindy's. She still will beat me to punch lines.
Sean will still be more pithy.
There is some kind of really obscure lesson, here.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 28, 2004 3:17:00 pm PST #1010 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
cute nephew, Sara!