Comments on: Talk Nerdy To Me: Solar Storms

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:17:28 +0000

Am I the only one that gets the video frame about 6000 pixels wide and normal height? When the page has just loaded, it’s filled with a nice wide picture of a band of the Sun, but the video plays at normal width and right in the middle.

By: Rorgg

Rorgg — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:07:24 +0000

Phil, is that you, or Bryan Cranston fresh off a “Breaking Bad” shoot?

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Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:38:12 +0000

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By: Chris Winter

Chris Winter — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:33:23 +0000

Hmmm. I was sure I read that she was married. But Googling turns up no evidence for that conclusion.

By: Chris Winter

Chris Winter — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:10:05 +0000

George D wrote (with tongue, I am sure, at least partly in cheek): “My brain is having a hard time processing that the girl can be THAT cute AND be into science. I’ve watched the video a few times now and I apologize Phil but it wasn’t for you haha!”

At the risk of seeming to be sexist, I’ll proffer two words: Lisa Randall.

(That lady, of course, is married.)

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:06:36 +0000

I was remiss in thanking Phil, the sun is my absolute favorite star. I may be biased through familiarity, but still, it’s my favorite.
If I could, I could watch it all day, in various spectral filters and sensors for UV, IR and gamma.
I wish for a real time feed that could go to my screen saver!

By: Ken B

Ken B — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:01:47 +0000

You want to talk Solar storms? How about this recent APOD:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120820.html

By: Wildride

Wildride — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:08:54 +0000

Well, if you must talk nerdy to me, then go ahead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm1TbjP_tN0

By: Ozonator aka Robert Rhodes

Ozonator aka Robert Rhodes — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:17:39 +0000

Huffpo had a story on earthquake predictions which was an advert for buying mountains of computers to tell the difference between P and S waves. Now this Huffpo piece has some bald guy with no tattoo on his forehead, his long lost daughter wanting bone marrow, and an advert for buying piles of PCs to watch the video that does not even have any sex or violence if one was at the RNC convention in Tampa with nothing to do thanks to the farcical aquatic tarts (aka skinny dippers), Vitters and Akins, one guy we call Sally, and a new class of freshmen/women/other basic biology, how to read a thermometer (morning) and calendar (afternoon), and Hurricane Issac hitting Tampa is God’s way of telling traitor Obama that the rich need more tax breaks.

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:21:09 +0000

George D –