On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:14:59 -0700 KevinO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> It is all relative anyway :-p I was gonna use that one, but I thought I'd leave it for someone else ;-) Anyhow, it does turn out we have a case of mismatched terminology here, the *charged particles* in the solar wind can take days to reach the Earth, whereas, of course, the actual EM radiation only takes minutes. It is the storm of charged particles which wreaks havoc with telecom and electrical systems here on the rock, the EM I'm not sure about, gotta do more reading on that. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Man's reach must exceed his grasp, for why else the heavens?
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