U.S. Satellite Plan Could Knock Out GPS and Radio 152
Audent writes "Otago University researchers are concerned by U.S. plans to protect satellites from solar storms...
"The approach, which is being considered by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, involves using very low frequency radio waves to flush particles from belts and dump them into the upper atmosphere over either one or several days".
The plan could disrupt GPS signals and high frequency radio over the Pacific for up to a week.
"The disruptions result from a deluge of dumped charged particles temporarily changing the ionosphere from a "mirror" that bounces high frequency radio waves around the planet to a "sponge" that soaks them up.""
hmmm.... (Score:1, Funny)
Toilet habits (Score:2, Funny)
Isn't the dump supposed to come first?
But what if (Score:5, Funny)
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Fry: Well, usually on the show someone would come up with a complicated plan then explain it with a simple analogy.
Leela: Hmm. If we can reroute engine power through the primary weapons and reconfigure them to Melllvar's frequency that should overload his electro-quantum structure.
Bender: Like putting too much air in a ballon!
Leela: It's not working. He's drawing straight from our weapons.
Fry: Like a balloon when
Umm... (Score:5, Funny)
RIAA (Score:4, Funny)
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Everyone likes to pretend that Scotty was some genius engineer. The only thing about him that could be classified as genius was his ability to lie to the captain. Considering that Kirk was in command I don't blame him. Kirk wasn't well known for his ability to ferret out lies from crewmembers. But Scotty wasn't the worst liar. It was Bones! He was always saying "He's dead Jim!" because he never completed medical school and didn't have a clue. But in reality, most of his patients were just unconcious and would recover fine--until he finished the job later.
One... BILLION... Dollars! (Score:1, Funny)
(Man, this is so much cooler than that shark / laser beam idea...)
Muhahaha!
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I feel a great disturbance in the force... (Score:2, Funny)