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Sun Storms May Affect Radios, Cell Phones Today

Posted by timothy on from the going-once-going-twice-sol dept.

ABC News is one of various news outlets reporting that "Intense solar activity may affect Earth today, potentially disrupting radio and cell phone frequencies." (The Space Weather Prediction Center calls the likely effects minor, but it might be a good day to have an atlas packed in with the GPS.)

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  1. Always a great excuse by Toe,+The · · Score: 5, Funny

    When working in IT, whenever I would encounter a weird networking problem that I couldn't immediately identify, I'd suggest maybe it had something to do with sunspot activity. This usually got the affected people scratching their heads long enough that I could concentrate on actually working on the problem instead of listening to them asking me what the problem was.

    1. Re:Always a great excuse by Dishevel · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I work in IT for a large cab company in California.
      When I get to work in the morning. I log in, check server status, check status of 4 different radio sites, then I go to spaceweather.com to check sunspot activity.
      With 300 Cabs running around with mobile radios and GPS there is just a lot that can go bad. Better to know.

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  2. Atlas by Artea · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope the commercial airlines hear about this and inform their pilots of bring an atlas!

  3. You lost? by countertrolling · · Score: 5, Funny

    You need a damn GPS to find your way home now?

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