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On Monday 22 February 2010 12:57:27 Stroller wrote: |
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> On 22 Feb 2010, at 07:54, daid kahl wrote: |
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> > ... |
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> > As far as I know, solid state devices are much more susceptible to |
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> > solar flare damage, particularly if you are outside. This is not |
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> > exactly common, but hey. Of course I also have a theory that not an |
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> > insignificant number of computer problems are caused by bit-flips from |
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> > cosmic ray induced muon showers, but I digress... |
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> I have recently decided to blame solar flares & cosmic ray induced |
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> muon showers whenever one of my customers asks why their PC is broken. |
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Flavour of the moment here where I am: |
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High energy gamma rays from quasars at the edge of the visible known universe |
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produced when the universe was a mere 700 million years old. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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