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Sun Releases Largest Radiation Storm in 15 Years

Posted by michael on from the tan-don't-burn dept.

what_the_frell writes "Newscientist is reporting that a large cluster of sunspots has just released huge amounts of radiation toward Earth. The crew of the ISS reportedly had to move into the bulkier Russian section of the station, while airlines rerouted planes away from the most affected regions. Look forward to varying degrees of radio & cell phone reception and some pretty cool aurora boreali until January 22, when the sunspot storm turns away from the earth, pointing its radiation elsewhere."

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  1. shucks by ike6116 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I blame global warming.

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    Are you secure enough in your masculinity to run 'man touch'?
  2. GPRS by Shadow_139 · · Score: 2, Funny

    God Damn..., GPRS is bad as it is.....

  3. the republicans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    they have to be behind this ... they have to..

  4. Am I the only one... by PaulBu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who reads (on ./!) "Sun releases..." and thinks about new, hopefully open-sourced, version of Solaris, not radiation? ;-)

    Paul B.

    1. Re:Am I the only one... by MrHanky · · Score: 3, Funny
      Of course not. I was thinking up imaginative +5, funnies like:

      Sun now more evil than Microsoft.

      NASA proves it. Sun is dieing.

      WTF? Is Sun switching to Pentium 4?

      Yet another product from Sun that noone wants.

      But none of these are funny enough. And the weather is almost as bad as it's been since the start of November. Oh, well, I could see the moon. That's quite extraordinary around here.

    2. Re:Am I the only one... by Issue9mm · · Score: 4, Funny

      My reply was going to be "So is 'Radiation Storm' going to be open sourced, or is this just another press release?"

      Still, not quite making the grade.

      -9mm-

    3. Re:Am I the only one... by Murphy+Murph · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Sun expresses displeasure at inauguration of Bush."

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      I dub thee... Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, Beater of Ass.
    4. Re:Am I the only one... by SmurfButcher+Bob · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, my reply would be (if I were to make one)

      THERE, SEE? YOUR DAMNED GLOBAL WARMING HAS NOW SCREWED UP THE SUN!

      I won't post that, though. Too many morons would probably think, "Hey... what if that's true..."

      --- Begin Evil DoubleSig: ----
      "If English was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for these people."

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      help me i've cloned myself and can't remember which one I am

  5. No by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one... Who reads (on ./!) "Sun releases..." and thinks about new, hopefully open-sourced, version of Solaris, not radiation?

    No. And you are also not the only one if you read the story and thought "great, another IIS vulnerability."

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    Sincerely,
    Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
    "Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."
  6. Nice Timing by vigilology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Posted by michael on 23:52 Friday 21 January 2005: "Look forward to varying degrees of radio & cell phone reception and some pretty cool aurora boreali until January 22". Wow, thanks. All of eight minutes to look forward to something and drive to a place with a nice clear sky.

  7. Re:Northern Hemisphere Bias by YU+Nicks+NE+Way · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, I know. New Zealand should really have been named "A couple of small islands off the coast of Australia".

    Or did you mean that the aurorae in the SOuthern Hemisphere should have been named differently? You're right, of course -- aurora's have nothing to do with the dawn.

  8. Wireless internet? by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you thi@%S^$@I%ere will be any pr%^VW#$%ms with wirel$%^)*VDTY$%^#$B%^&$%ternet?

  9. Upgrade by wan-fu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will this release take a version jump from 1.4 to 5.0?

  10. Russian section -heavily guarded... by bikerguy99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    do the cosmonavts need to show their passports when crossing to the Russian section?