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Is a 'Katrina-Like' Space Storm Brewing?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-maybe-thats-just-a-nice-cup-of-tea dept.

pilsner.urquell writes "A newly released NASA report warns that the world has forgotten the power of the sun, creating a technological society susceptible like never before to large infrastructure damage from solar storms. According to the report, the world has grown so dependent on modern technologies without respect of what the sun can and has done, that it's risking major communications, finance, transportation, government and even emergency services disruptions."

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  1. My PENIS is not detachable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is yours?

    1. Re:My PENIS is not detachable by oldspewey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Posting this at grave risk to my karma because, well because the song is actually pretty damned cool.

      Detachable Penis

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  2. Oh no! Emergency services disruptions? by ivan256 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was going to post something here about just not clicking through to sensationalist articles anymore as a form of protest... But then I remembered that this is Slashdot, and nobody clicks through to the article anyway, so I was wasting words... I'm not even sure why I'm still posting this.

  3. Re:I know the solution by zobier · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or if you already had a fire and had just eaten, want has multiple meanings (syn: desire; lack).

    Why are we even discussing what some anonymous retard said anyway!?

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    Me lost me cookie at the disco.