No More Leap Second? 295
WerewulfX writes "CNN reports: "In a phenomenon that has scientists puzzled, the Earth is right on schedule for a fifth straight year." Update yeah, this is a repost. Whatever- it's a holiday. Nothing else to post :)
Hah. (Score:4, Funny)
Nerds are not puzzled, however.... (Score:5, Funny)
But what about... (Score:5, Funny)
What if... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:But what about... (Score:3, Funny)
Damn, there goes my great idea. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Change in acceleration? (Score:5, Funny)
I hope so! El Ninjo is the bad-assest Mexican Ninja ever!
What is wrong here? (Score:3, Funny)
last year (Score:4, Funny)
Babies (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Change in acceleration? (Score:2, Funny)
AOL CDs (Score:3, Funny)
And all that energy to matter conversion has increased the mass of the Earth. Which has increased its gravatational field, and the effects of everything elses field on it. Thus the earth is moving faster.
Or possibly space dust.
Posts (Score:5, Funny)
Sure there is. You could post about how the Stardust probe is about to enter a comet's tail, or perhaps India's plans for a hypersonic plane, or even the chnaging face of offshore programming...
Call Agent Smith! (Score:2, Funny)
Less mass (Score:3, Funny)
I mean NASA did actually get that done right?
The "smith" article. (Score:3, Funny)
My new year's prediction: this article, having found a niche, will be continually resubmitted by clueless slashdot readers, reposted, and picked up by automated news services in a never-ending cycle of google-reader-slashdot that will ultimately threaten the very fabric of the internet itself!!
Hey. It's as plausible of any other prediction I've read today...
Re:Can someone please explain to me... (Score:2, Funny)
He Schutze, He Scores!
Re:Hah. (Score:1, Funny)