Large Solar Flare To Glance Off Earth 154
JoeRobe writes "According to spaceweather.com, a major X5 solar flare is on its way to deliver a glancing blow to the Earth's magnetic field. This is the second x-class flare to be released by the same sunspot in the past few days, the first being an X1. In both cases, the sunspot (spot 1429) was not directly facing Earth, but it is still active, and poses a threat for a large, Earth-directed flare in the next few days."
X-Class you say? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's??? (Score:5, Funny)
Is that as in "Holy Shit, that solar flare, it's headed right for us!" Because if I'm gonna fry, I don't think I want to spend my last few minutes on Earth surrounded by grammar Nazis.
it's official (Score:4, Funny)
-I'm just sayin'
Re:It's??? (Score:5, Funny)
Grammar Nazis tend to be thin-skinned, so you'll live long enough to see them fry first. Happy thoughts!
Will it make my 28k Dialup connection run slower? (Score:4, Funny)
(concerned)
Scenario (Score:5, Funny)
1- Apple applies for a patent regarding magnetic interference.
2- USPTO grants patent to apple
3- Solar flare
4- Apple suing the sun in Germany!
5- Court prohibits the sun from sending magnetic flares to Germany
Poses a Threat? (Score:5, Funny)
Flare vs Asteroid (Score:2, Funny)
Could a solar flare affect an asteroid's orbit, like 2012 da14 which they swear will miss us.
Re:Poses a Threat? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, yes it is paranoid to think that.
No blogspam? (Score:2, Funny)
A scientific story with no editorializing in TFS and links to the source so I don't have to click through blogspam?
What site am I on?
Re:X-Class you say? (Score:5, Funny)
I've met a few ex-men, I prefer actual women.
Re:It's??? (Score:4, Funny)
Don't worry, the apostrophe is silent.
Re:Pretty lights? (Score:3, Funny)
In the basement? I sure hope not.
The moon never pulls shit like this (Score:5, Funny)
The moon never pulls shit like this.
from The Onion
Re:it's its (Score:1, Funny)
You got the tense right: This was a tech site.
Re:It's??? (Score:4, Funny)
FTFY
Re:Poses a Threat? (Score:5, Funny)
Really? If it's communications are conducted in almost unrecognizable languages, and it's conversations mainly esoterica beyond human concerns, and those discussions happened only over very long periods, they might not only be sentient, but also tenured.