Comments on: Oh, snap! Another X-class flare from the Sun

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:19:11 +0000

@DanM, thanks. I got lost at ISS FUBAR and couldn’t even FIND that rabbit hole.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:04:21 +0000

Holy crap. And i believe that if you look close enough, you can see resonance waves on the surface surrounding the flare…. Though that could be an effect of the camera.

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:10:20 +0000

…and randomly generated words strung side by side do not profundity make.

By: Uncle Al

Uncle Al — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:19:57 +0000

Seven days form now in good opposition: an X-5 flare, a huge CME, and ISS FUBAR personnel are radiation sick puking up their GI linings. The greatest obstacle to understanding reality is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. Reality is not a peer vote. NASA propaganda holds a vast audience diligently converting glitter into a tyranny of immersive falsehoods.

By: Zenzan

Zenzan — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:30:56 +0000

“The odds of anything bad happening – power outages, or loss of satellites, for example – are low, but not entirely zero. I personally am not too worried about it …. ”

Lucky you are not an Italian earthquake scientist, Phil. With that sort of statement, if the sun goes bang on the Mayan Doomsday day date then you may get to share a cell with a rather large bloke named ‘Mutha’.

Joking, Phil – I know it’s a beat up (though you should do a death from above talk on that day ) but it is unbelievable they locked up those Italians 

By: ErisWolf

ErisWolf — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:25:53 +0000

Once again, 1st class awesome from Phil Plait!