Not having enough time to get their work done is what caused trilobites to go extinct.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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 2:15:22 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.
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!
tommyrot - Dec 28, 2004 3:18:44 pm PST #1011 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.
I was born before Cindy. The Earth moved slower then.
No, it was moving faster. Overall the earth continues to slow down. This speedup is just a short-term exception to that.
And the moon continues to move away from the earth. (This is in fact related to the earth slowing down.) At some point in the future the moon will be too far from the earth to cause a total eclipse of the sun.
SailAweigh - Dec 28, 2004 3:20:30 pm PST #1012 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
At some point in the future the moon will be too far from the earth to cause a total eclipse of the sun.
Also, it will be too far away to keep us from not flipping end-over-end constantly. Gonna be a lot of fun when that happens.