WHAT THE FUCK?

[LMNO]

What the fuck?

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/02/chile.quake/?hpt=Sbin

"Chile quake may have tipped Earth's axis"

What the fuck?

"MAY HAVE TIPPED EARTH'S AXIS."

WHAT THE FUCK?

[Richter]

Relevance or impact to everyday life = NONE
Relevance beyond the "Science / Tech" section = NONE

Critical line bound to be ignored by most readers:

The change is negligible, but permanent: Each day should be 1.26 microseconds shorter, according to preliminary calculations. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.

[LMNO]

That's not very "mad-sciencey" of you.

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

the one that caused the giant tsunami did that too

[Richter]

That's not very "mad-sciencey" of you.

Sure it is.  I'm quite mad about scaremongering uses of science to sell more "news"

[LMNO]

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not satisfied until we reach Space 1999 capabilities.

[Doktor Howl]

Relevance or impact to everyday life = NONE
Relevance beyond the "Science / Tech" section = NONE

Critical line bound to be ignored by most readers:

The change is negligible, but permanent: Each day should be 1.26 microseconds shorter, according to preliminary calculations. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.

Give me time.

[Doktor Howl]

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not satisfied until we reach Space 1999 capabilities.

Bad acting?

[Elder Iptuous]

They use the analogy of the ice skater spinning to illustrate how distribution of mass will affect the rotation speed.  By this analogy, the quake must have caused the mass distribution of the planet to move slightly in towards the axis of rotation?
Hmm...
I would think there would also be an uneven redistribution of mass causing a change in the rotational wobble.  I would have guessed that a change in wobble would have as much or more effects than change in speed...
Also, I plan on working 1.2 microseconds less, because I sure as hell ain't going to give it up on the sleep end of the schedule!

[LMNO]

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not satisfied until we reach Space 1999 capabilities.

Bad acting?

'Twas Martin Landau's finest work.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

From a science geek perspective, it's pretty neat to think about though.

[Dimocritus]

I've had enough taken from me!

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

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

[Doktor Howl]

I've had enough taken from me!

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

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

THIS.

IT NEEDS TO BE POSTED AT SCIENCE MAGAZINE'S SITE.

[Dr. Paes]

I DIDN'T READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE BECAUSE I'M NO GOOD AT SCIENCE. OR READING.
ARE WE GOING TO CRASH INTO THE SUN?
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[LMNO]

YES.



WHEEEEEEEEEEE!