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Sunspot Grows to 20 Times Size of Earth

TheHedgehog writes "A sunspot group aimed squarely at Earth has grown to 20 times the size of our planet and has the potential to unleash a major solar storm. 'The implications of this spot have scientists on the edge of their seats,' NASA said in a statement Friday. 'If the active region generates coronal mass ejections (CMEs), massive explosions with a potential force of a billion megaton bombs, it will be a fairly direct hit to Earth and its satellites and power grids.'"

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woot first post

  2. Re:I, for one... by NanoGator · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I, for one, welcome our new mass coronal leaders."

    Radical! That joke was fresh! You're so hip.

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  3. Re:I, for one... by Cranx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    By the way, where you get those uber slang terms?

    Oh yeah, the 80's.

  4. Re:I, for one... by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "By the way, where you get those uber slang terms? Oh yeah, the 80's."

    Exactly. Now, why would I respond to your joke with over used out dated slang expressions? What could I possibly be saying about your post? hmmm?

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    "Derp de derp."
  5. Re:I, for one... by Cranx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think it says you worry a lot about your own "fresh"-ness and that you think you make yourself look "hip" by pointing out the lack of "hip"-ness in others. I think you have latent anger over your own lack of "radical"-ness which stems from the fact that you wanted to use that joke before I did, but I beat you to it.

    Go away and pump your Reeboks elsewhere before I put a verbal hurting on you.

  6. Re:I, for one... by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Heh. Actually this is about you, not me. Pity, you touched on it:

    "which stems from the fact that you wanted to use that joke before I did"

    I'll give you a little hint: I didn't make that comment because I wanted to use it.

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    "Derp de derp."
  7. Re:I, for one... by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Of course you didn't want to use it, that's why you're going on and on about it."

    Wrong. Try again. ;)

    "Will that wipe your tears away?"

    Heh. Was that the 'verbal beating' you were threatening me with?

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    "Derp de derp."