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BraindG
24-10-2003, 04:46 PM
Earth put on solar storm alert (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3210901.stm)



In 1997, such a storm shut down an AT&T Telstar 401 satellite that provided television broadcasts. The following year another storm disrupted a Galaxy IV satellite that supported automated cash machines and airline tracking systems.



Quick get to a cash machine at 6pm :D INSERT INTO post VALUES (might start spitting out money )

zedy1
24-10-2003, 07:10 PM
:zzzz:

Kieran
24-10-2003, 10:37 PM
Originally posted by BraindG
...Quick get to a cash machine at 6pm :D INSERT INTO post VALUES (might start spitting out money )

Fraid not... I had to use my oxyacetelyne welding torch as per usual to make a withdrawal:D