WHAT THE FUCK?

[Jenne]

This is mindcandy for the science geeks.  The two that live here with me were in total awe over it.  And then a minor discussion over the citations of the Chilean quake being 385 times the size or 500 times the size of the Haiti quake ensued.

But seeing as how my son wants to go to MIT...I guess this is a good thing to geek out about.

[Rumckle]

I've had enough taken from me!

GIVE ME BACK MY 1.26 MICROSECONDS PER YEAR!!!!! 

(It adds up, y'know...)

It's 1.26 microseconds per DAY, which is almost one second every other year. That might not sound like much, but that's nearly a minute every 120 years. That means in 7200 years, our clocks will be off by almost an HOUR, and in 172,800 years our calendars will be off by a whole day!

HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES? HOW DO YOU LIKE US NOW?

I think your math might be a bit off there.

[Requia ☣]

This is mindcandy for the science geeks.  The two that live here with me were in total awe over it.  And then a minor discussion over the citations of the Chilean quake being 385 times the size or 500 times the size of the Haiti quake ensued.

But seeing as how my son wants to go to MIT...I guess this is a good thing to geek out about.

I wish i could remember my rotational physics enough to figure out just how much energy was taken out of the rotation.

It's 500 times the energy of the Haiti quake though.

[-Kel-]

STRAP ON THE HELMETS!!!

[Triple Zero]

We'll have to pause recorded time for a second or so at the end of this year.  Nobody will even notice it missing.

Can we use this second to commit some kind of crime that, due to there being no record of it, we technically can't be charged for?

you could also use that time to propose to your girlfriend and claim "time stood still" and then it'd be all romantic and stuff

[Dr. Paes]

We'll have to pause recorded time for a second or so at the end of this year.  Nobody will even notice it missing.

Can we use this second to commit some kind of crime that, due to there being no record of it, we technically can't be charged for?

you could also use that time to propose to your girlfriend and claim "time stood still" and then it'd be all romantic and stuff

I Awwwwwww'd.

[Triple Zero]

QUICK, TIME HAS STOPPED--MARRY ME!

[AFK]

Any chance we can link these events to the Large Hadron collider?

I'm sure this is the sort of thing that fundies like to worry about.

Well, they were in the process of firing that bad boy back up for new experiments when the quake happened. 

[LMNO]

Also, Cf: Venezuela claiming the US has a Weapon of Earthquakes ("W.O.E").


AWS, assemble!

[St. Everblaze the Badikal]

I'm taking personal credit for this one.

[LMNO]

I BLAME THE BEARD.

[Doktor Howl]

I BLAME THE BEARD.

Fidel Castro?

[LMNO]

BEARDO.

WOULD MR. MONOPOLY THROW OFF THE EARTH'S AXIS?


OF COURSE NOT.


NEVER TRUST A BEARDO.


I'M LOOKING AT YOU, RICHTER.

[Doktor Howl]

BEARDO.

WOULD MR. MONOPOLY THROW OFF THE EARTH'S AXIS?


OF COURSE NOT.


NEVER TRUST A BEARDO.


I'M LOOKING AT YOU, RICHTER.

Yeah, wait a minute.

Where WAS Richter during the earthquake?

[East Coast Hustle]

Duh. Why do you think they named it the "Richter Scale"?