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Did the CME mess anyone up? I didn't know anything about it until the warnings came down. I noticed yesterday that my connection absolutely sucked wherever I was. The ETA on a 18mb Download from apple was like 12 hours. And it was happening to me with all transfers. Some better than others, but still. Then I read about the Solar activity and I'm thinking that was probably it. Maybe not, but the timing was right.
Anyone else have issues? maybe it was worse where I am. Not too sure.
GeneChing
03-09-2012, 06:36 PM
No problems here. It was nice and sunny all day and our computer network ran as well as it ever does (which isn't saying much :p).
Jimbo
03-09-2012, 08:25 PM
No problems so far. But it's supposed to be going on for a while, isn't it?
I heard there was a pretty big CME in the late 1800s, and that some telegraph wires were fried because of it. Of course, if an equivalent 'hit' as that occurred today, it could possibly be catastrophic to the electrical grid.
Could happen. Not always a lot of warning either. Sometimes we can sort of predict them and other times it just happens and we're caught off guard. Interesting stuff. My knowledge is ametuer though.
It's not a new term, gene. Actually it isn't a solar flare, it's from the solar storm caused by flaring. Not to be picky, just sayin there is a distinction.
But yeah I like it too. It's a very apt term and pretty much describes what it is. I like that. And it sounds cool.
Can't say that was it for sure, but my connections sucked for about 36 hours then went right back to normal. Timeline is right. I'm surprised nobody else noticed though? It makes me think I'm wrong about why. Either that or generally people just aren't very observant. Hard to tell. But I was affected during the window and ONLY during the window. But I haven't heard much from anyone about it. Then again 99% of people don't even know what a CME is or that we even had one. So who knows. I'm very curious tho.
No problems so far. But it's supposed to be going on for a while, isn't it?
I heard there was a pretty big CME in the late 1800s, and that some telegraph wires were fried because of it. Of course, if an equivalent 'hit' as that occurred today, it could possibly be catastrophic to the electrical grid.
Could a really bad solar barf event kill off life on Earth? Anyone know? I mean, could our sun do such a thing to us?
Saw som nebulae on TV that still had a main-sequence star in them after a massive shedding event. But it was a much more massive star than our sun to begin with.
jdhowland
03-11-2012, 07:38 AM
We lost server conntection for a day. Never learned why.
Getting some nice auroral displays, though.
jdhowland
03-11-2012, 10:48 AM
Just learned that Iliamna, our second closest volcano, has gone code yellow. If it blasts we'll have spectacular sunsets for a while. I don't think I've ever watched the northern lights through a volcanic haze before.
David Jamieson
03-12-2012, 08:27 AM
Could a really bad solar barf event kill off life on Earth? Anyone know? I mean, could our sun do such a thing to us?
Saw som nebulae on TV that still had a main-sequence star in them after a massive shedding event. But it was a much more massive star than our sun to begin with.
could it? It will swallow the entire planet eventually and leave it a burnt out husk of charred carbon.
Never know when that's gonna happen. We are at this point trapped here until we can get it together.
so long as we whine at each other for not believing in certain skygods, or we use money to wield power, or weapons of war to subjigate ourselves in other regions we will simply not get there.
as far as that is concerned, humanity is a massive failure and more concerned with the asses and mouths of individuals.
so it's probably a good thing we are not polluting the galaxy with our stupid primitive selves at this time.
sanjuro_ronin
03-12-2012, 08:59 AM
could a really bad solar barf event kill off life on earth? Anyone know? I mean, could our sun do such a thing to us?
Saw som nebulae on tv that still had a main-sequence star in them after a massive shedding event. But it was a much more massive star than our sun to begin with.
knowing.......:d
GeneChing
03-12-2012, 09:50 AM
It stopped spinning in the final spin. Still works, only the laundry doesn't get spun wrung, so stuff is still very wet when it goes to the dryer. I don't believe it was a result of the Coronal Mass Ejection. I think it was because it's a 12-year-old washer. But I figured it's worth mentioning here as it's a slow news morning.
Lucas
03-12-2012, 09:58 AM
i turned into a werewolf. was pretty cool time
GeneChing
03-12-2012, 10:04 AM
sounds like a drinking game.
David Jamieson
03-12-2012, 10:05 AM
sounds like a drinking game.
a three pronged drinking game!
GeneChing
03-12-2012, 10:17 AM
Mention Prongs and Coronal Mass Ejections and this thread will take a turn for the worse.
David Jamieson
03-12-2012, 10:59 AM
*waits for SR to show up and make the cosmic connection to the bouncy bits of an attractive girl*
*still waiting....*
Lucas
03-12-2012, 11:05 AM
how about gladiators vs werewolves??
http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Gladiators-V-Werewolves.jpg
David Jamieson
03-12-2012, 11:06 AM
You shut up and wait for SR! :mad:
sanjuro_ronin
03-12-2012, 11:49 AM
Speaking of massive ejections
http://iofbeholder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tumblr_lxglzkHhoU1qdhsq0o1_500.jpg
sanjuro_ronin
03-12-2012, 11:52 AM
http://files.sharenator.com/buttons_motivational_posters_yes_more-s565x458-26162-580.jpg
could it? It will swallow the entire planet eventually and leave it a burnt out husk of charred carbon.
Never know when that's gonna happen.
Well, the astrophysicists do have a decent idea of when our star will run out of simpler fuel and swell into a red giant. It's some number of billion years from now (could wiki the number). It couldn't happen just any time because there's currently plenty of hydrogen in the core of our sun. Anyway the red giant phase isn't what I was asking about.
What I'm wondering is whether our star could have a massive enough shedding event to wipe us out, within a nearer time-frame. Like now for example. Or does that only happen to supermassive stars?
Beg your pardon for just asking about the science and leaving the social implications you delineate aside in my response.
David Jamieson
03-13-2012, 06:21 AM
No worries, but I don't think there are many astrophysicists here qualified to answer your question in any meaningful way.
There is on record knowledge of how CME's effect our upper atmosphere and how they contribute to power grid failure.
There isn't a record of a huge flare burning the surface of the earth.
Good knowledge of popular science is enough.
Apart from what's on record, I'm interested in what current theories predict.
Aren't there any astronomy nuts on here? I need to know if I can trust the sun.
David Jamieson
03-13-2012, 10:05 AM
Good knowledge of popular science is enough.
Apart from what's on record, I'm interested in what current theories predict.
Aren't there any astronomy nuts on here? I need to know if I can trust the sun.
You can't trust the sun.
And the moon is a cheater...so don't trust it either!
No worries, but I don't think there are many astrophysicists here qualified to answer your question in any meaningful way.
There is on record knowledge of how CME's effect our upper atmosphere and how they contribute to power grid failure.
There isn't a record of a huge flare burning the surface of the earth.
Apparently the relationship between flares and CMEs are not an established fact. We believe they are related but it hasn't been proven it yet. Interesting stuff tho.
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