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A curious story indeed - thought it was interesting:

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Quiet Sun' baffling astronomers

The Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century.


There are no sunspots, very few solar flares - and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time.



The observations are baffling astronomers, who are due to study new pictures of the Sun, taken from space, at the UK National Astronomy Meeting.



The Sun normally undergoes an 11-year cycle of activity. At its peak, it has a tumultuous boiling atmosphere that spits out flares and planet-sized chunks of super-hot gas. This is followed by a calmer period.



Last year, it was expected that it would have been hotting up after a quiet spell. But instead it hit a 50-year year low in solar wind pressure, a 55-year low in radio emissions, and a 100-year low in sunspot activity.
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The sun is always interesting. There should be longer data sets available studying the charged ions from solar activity in sedimentary and ice cores. Not seen any yet though.
 
these are signs of the end of times, refer to revelation, repent, declare Je...

huh, what...sorry

The sun...another thing I just can't get myself to wound up about.

Interesting for science but the rest of it...say la vee, la vee.

There are two types of things to worry about in the world.

Things you can change and things you can't change.

If you can change them, change them and quit worrying.

If you can't change them, you can't change them, quit worrying.
 
wil said:
these are signs of the end of times, refer to revelation, repent, declare Je...

huh, what...sorry

The sun...another thing I just can't get myself to wound up about.

Interesting for science but the rest of it...say la vee, la vee.

There are two types of things to worry about in the world.

Things you can change and things you can't change.

If you can change them, change them and quit worrying.

If you can't change them, you can't change them, quit worrying.
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The only thing I worry about is never having a genuinely original idea. This worry grows exponentially with each year notched.
 
c0de said:
HEY !!! WAKE UP !!! U STOOPID SUN!!

ITS 9 DEGREES IN TORONTO !!!

IM WEARIN A SWEATER IN FREKKKIN APRIL DAMNIT ~!



... lazy bum
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at least you're in toronto! it was shorts weather here a couple of days ago and today it frigging freezin sunshine n showers [lambs are late too-they know..]
 
The last half of the twentieth century was a time of very high sunspot activity known as the "modern maximum." Consequentially, the scientists are used to seeing lots of solar activity.
 
Tao_Equus said:
The only thing I worry about is never having a genuinely original idea. This worry grows exponentially with each year notched.
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Please tell me that you just forgot to include the winking smilely.

What constitutes a "genuinely original idea"?

And once you've had one, then what?
 
citizenzen said:
Please tell me that you just forgot to include the winking smilely.

What constitutes a "genuinely original idea"?

And once you've had one, then what?
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;) there you go...

Original idea means adding something of value never before offered by anyone else to the collective human database..... not for any recognition.... just to know in myself I genuinely contributed. If I ever do so then I'll go for another one ;) But to be honest I do not put in sufficient effort to achieve such an aim.
 
shawn said:
And I was so looking forward to mango farming in Canada.:mad:
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Tao_Equus said:
Original idea means adding something of value never before offered by anyone else to the collective human database..... not for any recognition.... just to know in myself I genuinely contributed. If I ever do so then I'll go for another one ;) But to be honest I do not put in sufficient effort to achieve such an aim.
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If I can add a touch of kindness to somebody's day, that is enough.

(I know some of you may be surprised at that. But in my mind a forum is an electronic dharma battle: a place to test you understanding and challenge complacency and ignorance. In real life, I'm a little more squishy.)
 
citizenzen said:
If I can add a touch of kindness to somebody's day, that is enough.

(I know some of you may be surprised at that. But in my mind a forum is an electronic dharma battle: a place to test you understanding and challenge complacency and ignorance. In real life, I'm a little more squishy.)
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Well making someone laugh is a kindness, you do that here pretty regularly so...
 
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