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  1. Re:Wouldn't it shake things up if... on Mars Orbiter Sees Changes · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineer and during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  2. Re:Source or Sink can depend on usage of the land on Earth Releasing More CO2 Than Originally Thought · · Score: 1

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineer and during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  3. Re:We can't even agree on global warming on Your Thoughts on the Great Ozone Debate? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineer and during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  4. Re:Water City on 9 Weeks to Pump Out New Orleans? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineerand during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  5. Re:Yeah, but on Ice-Free Summers Coming To Arctic · · Score: 1

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineerand during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  6. Re:Coming soon... on Drug Reverses Effects of Sleep Deprivation · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the C in the drug name stands for cocaine.

  7. Re:Can anybody... on Reintroduce Megafauna to North America? · · Score: 1

    provide some information on how this may affect existing species?


    Exactly. How many human deaths will occur due toi maulings once this is implemented.

  8. Re:Human ingenuity on Warming Up Mars With Greenhouse Gases · · Score: 1

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineerand during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  9. Re:Word From the Whitehouse on Siberian Permafrost Melting · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineerand during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be attributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  10. Re:shorter wires = less resistance on Researchers Create 3-Dimensional Chips · · Score: 1

    Even a little bit of wire has capacitance. I like to think of capacitance as the ability to store electrons. In other words, something has capacitance if it makes a home of charge to live.

  11. Re:Neither "multi-target" nor "for the masses" on Multiple-Target Hyperlinks for the Masses · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it just me or have long, elaborate, thought out first posts become more prevalent on slashdot lately? Is this shit rigged? Whatever happened to the one guy who waits for a new story to post and quickly posts a, "FP"?!?!? Don't get me wrong, I like reading a first post with well thought out ideas but I'm starting to believe that these first posts are inside jobs. Oh, and for the record, I'm a former tin foil hat brigade member.

  12. Re:Yuk on U.N. To Govern Internet? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Giving the UN the ability to tax is the scariest thing I've heard in a long time. This is the worst idea ever.

  13. Re:More Info on EU Officials Raid Intel Offices · · Score: 1

    Current customers buy ready built machines from Dell, Gateway, etc. They know they don't have to think about Intel vs. AMD. They just have to pay a rock bottom price and get a reliable machine. That reliable machine comes with an Intel CPU so in the end, this doesn't matter. The market dictates the future of Intel...

  14. Re:fp? Answer to US control on DNS ? on The Great Firewall of China, Continued · · Score: 1

    It's futile. In the end, chaos prevails and the Internet is just that -- chaos.

  15. Re:Early model on AT&T Plans CNN-style Security Channel · · Score: 1

    Brilliant

  16. Re:sigh... on U.S. Offers Glimpse at Manhattan Project Facility · · Score: 1

    I think this has something to do with responsible nations. Under the former leadership, Iraq couldn't be trusted with WMD weapons. There's a theory which was called the Golden Arches Theory and is now referred to the Supply Chain Theory which states that no two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's. You can read more about this theory from here or here.

  17. Re:Al Gore on NASA Notices New, Nasty Solar Storm Type · · Score: 1

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. I'm an electrical engineerand during my studies in sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be effected by magnetic fields. I keep hearing about the increased activity of our Sun and I believe it's possible that more of the Sun's radiation is penetrating the Earth's magnetic field due to it being weaker. If more radiation hits the Earth and the Sun is spewing out more heat, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth and can global warming be contributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  18. Re:Now hold on a moment here on Europe Is Falling Behind On Open Source · · Score: 1, Interesting

    It doesn't surprise me that software development is mediocre. A socialist culture/economy is bound to stagnate due to worker incentives and the loss of IT professionals. For example, in 2001, 33,000 H-1B beneficiaries, mostly scientists/IT guys, have left the continent in search of better opportunities due to their society structure.

  19. Re:Divided expectations on Star Trek XI In Two To Three Years. · · Score: 1

    Remember, Worf and Riker may have never had their feud because the future hadn't been written yet. Picard plugged the time/space hole. lol, yea, I'm a geek too. So what?

  20. Re:You'd pick a BBS documentary over SW and H2G2? on BBS Documentary Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    Yes, those were great times! I miss it too. I can honestly say, those were some of the best nerdy, tech days of my child hood.

  21. Re:First post? on Space Weather Warning · · Score: 1

    At this time, it's important for all parties to keep an open mind about global warming. Your notion that global warming is due to industry is as flimsy as my proposition that the warming is due to a weakening magnetic field and more intense Sun. Just like many things in nature, it's a combination of variables and in this case, we MAY both be right. Saying that there's a problem in my theory is conjecture until further evidence is established.

  22. Re:First post? on Space Weather Warning · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apparently, the Earth magnetic field has decreased by 10% in the last 10 years. During my studies in electrical engineering sub-atomic physics, I learned that a particles velocity can be affected by magnetic fields. Based on Earths weakening magnetic field and the recent increase in solar intensity, I believe this may be one of the reasons causing global warming. If more radiation hits the Earth, shouldn't that also increase the overall temperature of the Earth due to particle scattering and can global warming be contributed to this? I've been bouncing this idea in my head for a while now and I can't see why this MAY not be true.

  23. Re:40 Gigs of Ring Tones on Bill Gates: Cellphone will Beat iPod · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not familiar with the treo600 but that's the way it's going. First, phones/cameras, then phones/video, then phones/video/mp3, then phones/pda/video/mp3, then phones/pda/camera/video/mp3 then HAL.

  24. Re:Discount on UK Schools Told to Dump Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree. Maybe I should have said that the kids are being hurt by not being exposed to MS.

  25. Re:Discount on UK Schools Told to Dump Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I think this is a mistake. These kids will learn some non-standard OS, go out into the real world and won't be as competitive because they're unfamiliar with the best OS on the market. I think the children get hurt on this one.