Indeed. I much enjoyed reading the translation I was able to find called "Topsy-Turvy". My first Verne novel.
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/10547 Everyone, remember to shut off your phones when you're coding! On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 3:52 PM Richard Clark s <scv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Members of the list may find some amusement in 'Sans dessus dessous' > by Jules Verne. > English translations have appeared under the titles 'The Purchase of > the North Pole' and > 'The Earth Turned Upside Down'. It relates the further schemes and > adventures of the leaders > of the Baltimore Gun Club. Their activities would certainly be of > interest to the IERS. > > Richard > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 1:30 AM Brooks Harris <bro...@edlmax.com> wrote: > > > > THE PLANET INSIDE > > Scientists are probing the secrets of the inner core—and learning how it > might have saved life on Earth > > > https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-probing-secrets-earths-inner-core-saved-life-planet > > > > An accelerating high-latitude jet in Earth’s core > > https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/108112/1/accepted_version.pdf > > > > Measurement of diurnal and semidiurnal rotational variations and tidal > parameters of Earth > > > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/4681204_Measurement_of_diurnal_and_semidiurnal_rotational_variations_and_tidal_parameters_of_Earth > > > > Ocean and atmospheric tides standards (used for EIGEN gravity field > modeling) > > > https://iers-conventions.obspm.fr/content/supporting_material/chapter6/BIPM_ocean_tides_2007.pdf > > > > "Prediction is difficult, especially about the future." > > > > -Brooks > > > > > > On 2022-07-06 4:38 PM, Billy Croan wrote: > > > > Interesting that the reversal in direction for the first time in two > decades (maybe more?) is continuing. > > > > I wonder if they will announce the cause of these adjustments. i.e. a > specific hurricane or earthquake or interstellar solar radiation? > > > > IERS' website leaves much to be desired. > > > > I'd love to know, if there was some physics student on this list, how > much energy would it consume to physically alter the earth's rotation > instead of using leap seconds. Yeah, moving the world sounds like a > de-facto 'can't be done' scenario. > > > > But we're talking an extremely small difference in rotation over the > course of ten years. If all aircraft landed (and used their brakes) in the > same direction, would that impart a measurable spin over the course of a > decade? Could a few large gyros, operating continuously for a decade, even > out the spin? Would their energy cost over that time be more than the cost > of the software bugs that leap seconds effervesce? > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 2:09 PM John Sauter via LEAPSECS < > leapsecs@leapsecond.com> wrote: > >> > >> I hope everyone noticed that the IERS issued Bulletin D 142 today, > >> which raises DUT1 from -0.1 to 0 as of July 28. I attach the bulletin > >> and my chart of values of DUT1. I predict a negative leap second > >> around the end of this decade. > >> John Sauter (john_sau...@systemeyescomputerstore.com) > >> -- > >> get my PGP public key with gpg --locate-external-keys > >> john_sau...@systemeyescomputerstore.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LEAPSECS mailing list > >> LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > >> https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LEAPSECS mailing list > > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs >
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