Earth's Constant Hum Explained 336
MattSparkes writes "It has been known for some time that there is a constant hum that emanates from the Earth, which can be heard near 10 millihertz on a seismometer. The problem was that nobody knew what caused it. It has now been shown that it is caused by waves on the bottom of the sea, and more specifically 'by the combination of two waves of the same frequency travelling in opposite directions.'"
I shall be the first to say (Score:5, Funny)
Constant Hum (Score:5, Funny)
So that's what causes it (Score:5, Funny)
Ohmmm (Score:2, Funny)
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Spelling, its only fun it you can mess with it.
please (Score:5, Funny)
Damn (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe it's just happy? (Score:5, Funny)
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
All this time, I just assumed it was because it couldn't remember the words.
Re:Constant Hum (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting, but wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Whales (Score:5, Funny)
It stopped the other day (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmmmmmmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Constant Hum (Score:4, Funny)
Re:constant hum (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Maybe it's just happy? (Score:1, Funny)
or maybe it [wikipedia.org] 's just happy ;)
Re:Constant Hum (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Alternate explanation (Score:5, Funny)
Everybody knows this is Great Cthulhu snoring in his sleep
Now please lose 2D6 sanity points
Re:Constant Hum (Score:3, Funny)
Re:constant hum (Score:3, Funny)
Balrog (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Maybe it's just happy? (Score:5, Funny)
Come one it is the intelligent shaking. (Score:4, Funny)
Quick! Someone patent/copyright/trademark it! (Score:4, Funny)
PROFIT!
Easy to explain (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Interesting, but wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Interesting, but wrong (Score:4, Funny)
You Fail It! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:So that's what causes it (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Alternate explanation (Score:5, Funny)
Ohhhh yes :) (Score:5, Funny)
You SO win the prize for 'AC reply that is most obviously by the original poster, ever'
A winner is you!
Well this proves it... (Score:5, Funny)
Venus is the hot one and will turn out to be gay (natch, I mean Venus?)
Earth is the um, down-to-earth one - full of life.
Mars - the cold and distant one - always at war with the other members
Jupiter - slightly overweight - jolly
Saturn - Gaudy over-compensator wears lots of jewelry and rings - looks up to Jupiter
Hot headed Mercury - left in a huff to form his own band - his manager is the real star though.
Uranus was an asshole and left before fame came.
Neptune - always blue, committed suicide after what happened to Pluto...
Pluto? Well, Pluto was thrown out when it was discovered he never could sing.
All those cartoons paid off! ! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Constant Hum (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Whales (Score:2, Funny)
Re:But wait! (Score:2, Funny)
You could try religeon, they have *all* the answers, so long as you don't actually ask any questions....
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
Actually the earth knows the words but was concerned that the RIAA might sue.
Re:I shall be the first to say (Score:5, Funny)
The truth is the Earth is humming just because it doesn't know the words.
Re:Maybe it's just happy? (Score:4, Funny)
Sorry (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Alternate explanation (Score:3, Funny)
MAKE IT STOP!!!
I visited disneyworld once. That damned song scarred me for life.
Re:Well this proves it... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Maybe it's just happy? (Score:1, Funny)
It's actually quite fortunate, as nerds are often more lipstick than butch. The universe has ways of balancing things out.
Re:Hmmmmmmmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ohhhh yes :) (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, you're probably right - but you should be aware that a significant percentage of people now randomly use either "he" or "she" as a generic pronoun for an unknown person, or alternate the two in a document that calls for multiple instances of such usage. We do it in order to step away from the sexist "he" as a default, and to avoid the awkward "he/she" (which frankly doesn't flow very well.)
One should say "S/h/it" instead.
Won't somebody think of the machines?