[wagglebee]

3 microseconds!!!
I was wondering why I didn't have time to get everything done yesterday!

[MontanaBeth]

I thought my alarm went off earlier then normal today.

[Indy Pendance]

Dang, does that mean my birthday will be earlier than tomorrow?

[aynrandfreak]

Are they saying that it moved the Earth three microseconds worth of time ahead in its rotation/revolution?

[bayourod]

So what are you trying to tell me? That I have to buy a new watch? Suspicious timing coming just after Christmas when most great Americans got at least one watch for Christmas.

[repinwi]

Time flies

[carlr]

Can we do away with leap year now?

[CindyDawg]

Sounds like nothing but is it significant?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

This will be a doozy of an excuse to show up late for work...

[LisaMalia]

That's 3 less microseconds that I have to spend at work tomorrow......

[BreitbartSentMe]

Does this mean the sky is falling?????

[BigSkyFreeper]

It'll be more than made up when the next leap second is accounted for in Boulder, CO.

[musical_airman]

I think I hear Franken and Moore saying it's my fault already......

[HamiltonJay]

The days have been lengthening as the earth has aged, if it did speed up by a few milliseconds it will lose it again with time.

[longtermmemmory]

relax, you can buy a few kyoto protocol credits and speed that puppy right back up.

(/s)

[P.O.E.]

Does this mean some bits of earth slide into an empty pocket, thus making the surface area smaller? Or did it just shudder back a bit in its rotation? In other words, 3 microseconds a year, or just a one-shot deal?

[Petronski]

Three microseconds!!!

My souffle was ruined!

[McGavin999]

So.....am I older or younger? Let's put this thing into perspective.

[tang-soo]

Now this one must have been a real doozy!

1) In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

2) Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD , 3 "Remember, O LORD , how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

3) Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: 4) "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD , the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD . 6) I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.' "

7) Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

8) Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?"

9) Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"

10) "It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."

11) Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD , and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

2 Kings chapter 20:1-11

[IYAAYAS]

Does this mean the rotational velocity of the planet sped up? We "lost" 3usec. The days are now that much shorter, Wow.
The numerical time value for day, month and year are different now. Obviously since "year" has changed, so has "light year", and with it the speed of light has changed. The earthquake was punishment for violating the laws of physics. I r smart.

[azhenfud]

Darned bills will come due sooner!