Chile Quake May Benefit Workers Worldwide
by Jim Washburn
Scientists estimate that last weekend's massive 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shifted so much of the Earth's mass that it has minutely tipped the planet's axis. As a result, by their calculations, each day from now on will be 1.26 milliseconds shorter than days previously were. That's 1.26 millionths of a second.
And by my calculations, that means a worker's 8-hour shift is now .28 millionths of a second shorter. That might seem negligible, but it's the first advance workers have made in decades. In several studies, for example, it has been shown that American workers are more productive and work harder than in decades past, while their real wages and benefits have only decreased, and at the same time increasingly disproportionate wealth has been flowing to our richest 3 percent of owners and investors.
Now finally, workers have an extra fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a second to themselves, in which they can nano-shake a fist at their boss man and proclaim, "Up yours, Johnny! I've got mine!"
Comments
Darn it, you’re right. I got so caught up in the whole “a second is one 60th of a minute” thing that I assumed a millisecond was also made up of 60 particles, and based my number accordingly.
2010-03-2 by Jim WashburnAnd, according to string theory, each of those 60 or 100 particles is actually a tiny vibrating string, existing in 10 or 11 dimensions.
2010-03-2 by Nathan the editor...sort of like the electric sitar.
2010-03-2 by Jim WashburnGood thing the wealth is flowing to the richest 3% since they’re the ones who are paying all the taxes.
2010-04-9 by Brandao Shot
I think your calculations are off, Jim, but it makes things even better for the workers. 1.26 millionths of a second a day is .42 millions of a second per 8-hour shift. Now they can nano-shake both fists.
2010-03-2 by Nathan the editor