It's fairly common for execs to receive compensation in the form of stock. If they want cash, they have to sell the shares. Our execs are paid similarly and make regular sales of their stock to have actual cash to live on.
You're taking additional energy from the Sun and (eventually after it's beamed from the Moon down to the Earth) adding it to Earth's energy budget. Over time, there would be an increasing net gain.
This sort of rates with the idea of putting mirrors in orbit to light cities at night. You'd be increasing the solar energy absorbed by the Earth by some percentage.
over a short term there'd be no change. Over centuries, wouldn't you think, the Earth would get warmer.
airline passengers get more radiation anyway, since they're flying above 5 miles worth of the atmosphere. Everytime you fly across the Pacific, you get like the equivalent of a chest x-ray.
astronauts have about an 8 minute warning before the radiation for the flare gets to them
No they don't. It takes about 8 1/2 minutes for light to get from the Sun to the Earth. By the time someone on Earth knows about it, that 8 1/2 minutes have already passed -- we find out about it when the light reaches us; which, is the same time the x-rays and gamma reach us...
Even if Soho is way out ahead of us, it still takes the same amount of time for the signal to travel from Soho to Earth as it does for the radiation to travel from Soho to Earth.
Now, they do have warning (hours) before the plasma (mostly protons and electrons with some neutrons & alpha thrown in for good measure) reaches them...
I take offense (slightly) at the last one. Since my truck is an '84 Dodge FrankenTruck (built out of the parts from at least three other trucks and one car).
How do you breed a virii to kill of a virii infected cell? Given that it's already infected, it's too late. What you need is something to kill off the virii.
bottled water, tap water, it's all filtered and sterilized (supposed to be anyway).
You'd have to find a lake or stream that is definitely infected, then drink the water untreated. Even then, you might not get the infection as your stomach acid might kill the virii.
Don't even go there. Mosquitoes, Fleas, and biting flies are all evil little disease spreading, blood sucking vermin. The world would be a better place without them.
consider the magnitude of the solar flare from a Jupiter sized sunspot compared to the size of our tiny insignificant planet. Consider the distance from the Earth to the Sun. If you think anything we're doing is having any effect on the Sun, you're lost.
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It's fairly common for execs to receive compensation in the form of stock. If they want cash, they have to sell the shares. Our execs are paid similarly and make regular sales of their stock to have actual cash to live on.
You're taking additional energy from the Sun and (eventually after it's beamed from the Moon down to the Earth) adding it to Earth's energy budget. Over time, there would be an increasing net gain.
This sort of rates with the idea of putting mirrors in orbit to light cities at night. You'd be increasing the solar energy absorbed by the Earth by some percentage.
over a short term there'd be no change. Over centuries, wouldn't you think, the Earth would get warmer.
airline passengers get more radiation anyway, since they're flying above 5 miles worth of the atmosphere. Everytime you fly across the Pacific, you get like the equivalent of a chest x-ray.
No they don't. It takes about 8 1/2 minutes for light to get from the Sun to the Earth. By the time someone on Earth knows about it, that 8 1/2 minutes have already passed -- we find out about it when the light reaches us; which, is the same time the x-rays and gamma reach us...
Even if Soho is way out ahead of us, it still takes the same amount of time for the signal to travel from Soho to Earth as it does for the radiation to travel from Soho to Earth.
Now, they do have warning (hours) before the plasma (mostly protons and electrons with some neutrons & alpha thrown in for good measure) reaches them...
Good plan... Where's my suntan lotion???
Now, if you could read the newspaper by the light of the aurora, in Florida; then, I might get worried...
Ahhh, but they do have photographic plates showing it.
You're a few Billion years early... Should be modded funny
And, in the final analysis they decided it's an X28 -- still the biggest on record (in our records).
The Space Weather forcasting center is their modern temple.
Saw it here in SE Virginia one night as a subtle red glow on the northern horizon.
Then again, maybe you're right... = )
to join the angry mob outside his office?
but doesn't Ford stand for "Found On Road Dead"? That doesn't bode well for the design...
They have tested the engines, on the ground. It's not very likely they'll go "too far" because they're just not carrying enough fuel.
How do you breed a virii to kill of a virii infected cell? Given that it's already infected, it's too late. What you need is something to kill off the virii.
How does this relate to infecting someone with a non-lethal virus that 70% of the population has already had before?
bottled water, tap water, it's all filtered and sterilized (supposed to be anyway).
You'd have to find a lake or stream that is definitely infected, then drink the water untreated. Even then, you might not get the infection as your stomach acid might kill the virii.
Don't even go there. Mosquitoes, Fleas, and biting flies are all evil little disease spreading, blood sucking vermin. The world would be a better place without them.
some cancers are caused by virii that are transmitted between people.
Been there, felt some of the pain (a preview anyway), lived to type this...
"We haven't been able to contact anyone on the other side of the planet" -- I seem to remember that in there somewhere.
The Earth's gravity won't change. The CG of the Sun / Earth system might slightly. We'd know 8min 23sec later -- the same time we see it happen.
A virgin (conveniently available on /.) and all of your enemies must be offered in sacrifice.
consider the magnitude of the solar flare from a Jupiter sized sunspot compared to the size of our tiny insignificant planet. Consider the distance from the Earth to the Sun. If you think anything we're doing is having any effect on the Sun, you're lost.