Maybe we will end up taking away leap-seconds soon. Just a random thought given the amount of seismic activity currently going on in the world.
Steve (Quakecity, New Zealand) On 15 July 2011 01:40, J. Forster <j...@quik.com> wrote: > So? > > That statement clearly imlies the Earth's period was shortened aganst some > standard. > > If the Earth was the standard, how could it be shortened with respect to > itself? > > It can't be. Time standards are atomic now. > > -John > > =================== > > >> "Calculations indicate that by changing the distribution of Earth's mass, >> the Japanese earthquake should have caused Earth to rotate a bit faster, >> shortening the length of the day by about 1.8 microseconds". >> >> http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/earth20110314.html >> >> Will >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
