all right. back to bill nye standing by in london which, you know, your day is spinning a little your earth is spinning a little faster as mine is right now. bill, this is because of the earthquake in chile. would a big earthquake somewhere else offset this or does a big earthquake always make the day a little shorter? oh, no. that is an excellent question. oh, you are an journalist. it depend s where the earthquak happens. when it is near the equator, i shooting from the hip would expect it to spread out, but that is not what happened the earth s diameter got ever so slightly smaller. so it is like the ice skater bringing her arms in, the earth sped up ever so slightly. but let me point out the remarkable thing.