Comments on: Sun unleashes can of solar flare whoop-ass on Earth http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029890 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029890 When the New World Order of MrJM dawns, remember who your friends were, OK? I hope sure you don't get some crappy superpower like "moistness"... you'll never get in the Evil League of Evil with that sort of thing. When the New World Order of MrJM dawns, remember who your friends were, OK?

I hope sure you don’t get some crappy superpower like “moistness”… you’ll never get in the Evil League of Evil with that sort of thing.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029405 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029405 I will douse myself in chemicals and await the inevitable dawning of my superpowers. I will douse myself in chemicals and await the inevitable dawning of my superpowers.

]]> By: millrick http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1030189 millrick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030189 let the auroras begin! http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/space_weather/alert_2011-02-15.html - i'm going to be getting out my tripod and my tin foil hat for an evening of photography let the auroras begin!

http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/space_weather/alert_2011-02-15.html

- i’m going to be getting out my tripod and my tin foil hat for an evening of photography

]]> By: foxtails http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029430 foxtails Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029430 As long as it doesn't interrupt my wifi signal... As long as it doesn’t interrupt my wifi signal…

]]> By: Wyrd http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029435 Wyrd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029435 Oh, no, interference on my satellite signal during Glee! Oh, no, interference on my satellite signal during Glee!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029446 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029446 I think M-Class-Whoop-Ass has a better ring to it.... I think M-Class-Whoop-Ass has a better ring to it….

]]> By: jackbird http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029994 jackbird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029994 I thought it was X-class whoopass... </pedant> I thought it was X-class whoopass…

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029498 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029498 This will no doubt cause a heavy burtation. This will no doubt cause a heavy burtation.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029329 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029329 After a (very) quick look around teh internets, this is still the only mention of this flare I've seen yet. Yay, Xeni! I'm coming to you for all my space news from now on. :D After a (very) quick look around teh internets, this is still the only mention of this flare I’ve seen yet. Yay, Xeni! I’m coming to you for all my space news from now on. :D

]]> By: Sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029341 Sagodjur Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029341 Hmph. Upon reading the title I immediately imagined that Sun Microsystems had emerged from the belly of the Oracle beast that had devoured it and was releasing new software called Solar Flare. I suppose giving the paranoid nutcases that think that solar flares will cause the Mayan 2012 apocalypse some more dire warning fodder is okay too. Hmph. Upon reading the title I immediately imagined that Sun Microsystems had emerged from the belly of the Oracle beast that had devoured it and was releasing new software called Solar Flare.

I suppose giving the paranoid nutcases that think that solar flares will cause the Mayan 2012 apocalypse some more dire warning fodder is okay too.

]]> By: tallpat http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029345 tallpat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029345 Someone's going to have a lot of explainin' to do to Mr. O'Reilly. I imagine it might take a whole posse, and nothing short of a few miracles to convince that insane clown. Someone’s going to have a lot of explainin’ to do to Mr. O’Reilly. I imagine it might take a whole posse, and nothing short of a few miracles to convince that insane clown.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1031147 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1031147 That's what <i>I</i> call it, too. Well, those idiots can just think we're getting wasted all they like, we'll show 'em! That’s what I call it, too. Well, those idiots can just think we’re getting wasted all they like, we’ll show ‘em!

]]> By: jmcgarry http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029358 jmcgarry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029358 http://spaceweather.com/ is a good place to follow that sort of thing. http://spaceweather.com/ is a good place to follow that sort of thing.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/sun-unleashes-can-of.html#comment-1029374 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1029374 “A series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) en route to Earth from sunspot 1158 will buffet our planet's magnetic field during the next 24-48 hours.” !!! “A series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) en route to Earth from sunspot 1158 will buffet our planet’s magnetic field during the next 24-48 hours.”

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