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