[AusNOG] Solar flare

[Brent Paddon]

I've always found this interesting reading :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

Especially the effects observed.. would be interesting to see the effect on
today's modern world.

Brent

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Peter Childs <PChilds at internode.com.au>wrote:

>
>  Perhaps its time to put some aluminium foil over the top of your Cisco
> AS53/4xx devices.
>
>  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...)
>
>  ;)
>
>  --
>  Peter Childs - Voice Engineer
>  Internode/Agile
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>
>  On 08/03/2012, at 3:58 PM, Joseph Saxton wrote:
>
>   Not much for us to worry but im sure the people out in space better hide
> ****
>  ** **
>  Little info on how solar flares impact earth****
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Structure_of_the_magnetosphere_mod.svg*
> ***
>  ** **
>  *Joseph Saxton | Help Desk Officer*
>
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>  ****
>  *From:* ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:
> ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *adamn at eyemedia.com.au
> *Sent:* Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:07
> *To:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Solar flare****
>  ** **
>  NOT FLAT!!!! What the hell?
>
> Regards,
> Adam
>
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>
>
> From:        "Daniel Brown" <daniel at archongnosis.com.au>
> To:        "'Joseph Saxton'" <Joe.Saxton at workforce.com.au>, "
> 'ausnog at ausnog.net'" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> Date:        08/03/2012 04:03 PM
> Subject:        Re: [AusNOG] Solar flare
> Sent by:        ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net****
>  ------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> Well that's for that...........that part IS obvious!
>
> What side? What continent? Granted there is a global effect, but what where
> is it localised?
>
> Long since have the days been flat where the entire face of the earth
> points
> to the sun/is flat.
>
>
> -DB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Saxton [mailto:Joe.Saxton at workforce.com.au<Joe.Saxton at workforce.com.au>
> ]
> Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 3:30 PM
> To: Daniel Brown; ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] Solar flare
>
> EARTH
>
> Joseph Saxton | Help Desk Officer
> Workforce International Pty Ltd
> Level 1, 601 Botany Road | Rosebery | NSW 2015
> T: 02 9310 6963 | F: 02 9698 2975
> E: Joe.Saxton at workforce.com.au
> W: www.workforce.com.au
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> On Behalf Of Daniel Brown
> Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 15:59
> To: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Solar flare
>
> Hmm, I may be missing the obvious, but everything I read speaks of the
> potential impact, but does not speak of WHERE the impact/collision??
> will be?
>
> -DB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>]
> On Behalf Of Hallett, Ed
> Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2012 2:23 PM
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Solar flare
>
> Hi people,
> First post, so I thought it'd be a good one.
> Quite large solar flare about to hit the earth - can't get too much more
> interesting than that :-)
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/03/07/nasa-reports-that-solar
> -fla
> re-could-disrupt-power-communications/
>
> Well, the current topic WAS on optics, correct?   ;-)
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ed Hallett
> Support Analyst
>
> System Sense, Suite 820, 1 Queens Rd, Melbourne
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