I've always found this interesting reading :<div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Especially the effects observed.. would be interesting to see the effect on today's modern world.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Brent<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Peter Childs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PChilds@internode.com.au">PChilds@internode.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">






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<div>I am sure the number one reason these things spontaneously rebooting is due to cosmic rays (so I have been informed on vendor support tickets...)</div>
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<div>On 08/03/2012, at 3:58 PM, Joseph Saxton wrote:</div>
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Little info on how solar flares impact earth<u></u><u></u></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><span> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a><span> </span>[mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]<span> </span><b>On
 Behalf Of<span> </span></b><a href="mailto:adamn@eyemedia.com.au" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">adamn@eyemedia.com.au</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:07<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [AusNOG] Solar flare<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NOT FLAT!!!! What the hell?</span><span> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,95,95)">From:        </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">"Daniel Brown" <<a href="mailto:daniel@archongnosis.com.au" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">daniel@archongnosis.com.au</a>></span><span> </span><br>


<span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,95,95)">To:        </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">"'Joseph Saxton'" <<a href="mailto:Joe.Saxton@workforce.com.au" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Joe.Saxton@workforce.com.au</a>>,
 "<a href="mailto:'ausnog@ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">'ausnog@ausnog.net</a>'" <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>></span><span> </span><br>


<span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,95,95)">Date:        </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">08/03/2012 04:03 PM</span><span> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(95,95,95)">Sent by:        </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a></span><u></u><u></u></div>


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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span style="font-size:10pt">Well that's for that...........that part IS obvious!</span></tt><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'"><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">What side? What continent? Granted there is a global effect, but what where</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">is it localised?</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Long since have the days been flat where the entire face of the earth points</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">to the sun/is flat.</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-DB</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-----Original Message-----</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">From: Joseph Saxton [</tt></span><a href="mailto:Joe.Saxton@workforce.com.au" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span style="font-size:10pt">mailto:Joe.Saxton@workforce.com.au</span></tt></a><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span style="font-size:10pt">]<span> </span></span></tt><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'"><br>


<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 3:30 PM</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">To: Daniel Brown;<span> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a></tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Subject: RE: [AusNOG] Solar flare</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">EARTH</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Joseph Saxton | Help Desk Officer</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-----Original Message-----</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">From:<span> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a></tt><br>
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 On Behalf Of Daniel Brown</span></tt><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'"><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:59</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">To:<span> </span><a href="mailto:'ausnog@ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">'ausnog@ausnog.net</a>'</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Solar flare</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Hmm, I may be missing the obvious, but everything I read speaks of the</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">potential impact, but does not speak of WHERE the impact/collision??</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">will be?</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-DB</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-----Original Message-----</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">From:<span> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a></tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 2:23 PM</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">To:<span> </span><a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a></tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Hi people,</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">First post, so I thought it'd be a good one.</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Quite large solar flare about to hit the earth - can't get too much more</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">interesting than that :-)</tt><br>
</span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/03/07/nasa-reports-that-solar" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><tt style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span style="font-size:10pt">http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/03/07/nasa-reports-that-solar</span></tt></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'"><br>


<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">-fla</tt><br>
<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">re-could-disrupt-power-communications/</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Well, the current topic WAS on optics, correct?   ;-)</tt><br>
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<tt style="font-family:'Courier New'">Kind regards,</tt><br>
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