Sun's Not Screwy, Scientist Says

SPACE.com ^ | Jul 11, 2008 | Unknown

[decimon]

But that lucky old Sun's got nothin' to do but roll around Heaven all day

[fightinbluhen51]

Herm...solar cycle within (and well within) the limits of its HISTORICAL NORM. Solar Cycle (or lack there of) in the 17th Century responsible for the little ice age huh? You don’t say?

Who has Al Gore’s Email?

[ladtx]

Nothing is out of whack with the sun, a NASA researcher said this week,...

So I suppose we can assume everything is in whack with the sun. (I love getting a chance to use those scientific/technical terms.)

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The sun’s “not screwy”, and nothings “out of whack” with it. Phew! This article is way too technical for me.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

GMTA! If I’d seen your post first, I wouldn’t have bothered with mine — you said it best.

[Rick.Donaldson]

If, for the sake of argument, it were “out of whack” how would one put in back “in whack” anyway?

[decimon]

This article is way too technical for me.

Translation: Situation normal...

[ZX12R]

You can count of these guys to always blow the smoke. The last peak in solar activity was 2001, and with an approximately 11 year cycle, the next peak should be 2012. It is now mid 2008, and the sun has been completely blank for the last 18 days. I’m not saying this is cataclysmic, but it is unusual and interesting.

[steveo]

What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing) from NASA

[decimon]

They misspelled ‘non-existent.’

[AU72]

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it’s all right
It’s all right

[thulldud]

NASA has been using environmental alarmism to get funding for years now. Remember the "ozone hole over Kennebunkport" flap?

Well, the ozone hole is a non-issue these days, but climate change is still good for raising some bucks. That is, as long as it's man-made. There's lots of budget money for anybody who can produce evidence of AGW that the policymakers can use to fasten the chains upon us, and NASA wants its bit.

If it turns out to be the Sun doing it, that might get them enough money to orbit a replacement for SOHO, but not much else. Not good enough.

[mosaicwolf]

If, for the sake of argument, it were “out of whack” how would one put in back “in whack” anyway?

Raise taxes.....how else would we put it back in whack?

[pgyanke]

If, for the sake of argument, it were “out of whack” how would one put in back “in whack” anyway?

Give a dog a bone?

[Redcloak]

All's quiet...

...perhaps too quiet.

[Miles the Slasher]

“Nothing is out of whack with the sun, a NASA researcher said this week...”

Well, knowing how good NASA is it at metric conversions...
Do we know if they used the proper temperature conversion scale...as they moved from Fahrenheit to Celsius? :-)

[Redcloak]

Aaack!! Global warming turned my font red!

[ZX12R]

...perhaps too quiet.

The Gore/Hansen/Hathaway minimum.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Translation: The sun is not cooperating with the AGW-entrepreneurs, so it must be “screwy.”

[decimon]

Global warming turned my font red!

You sure that wasn't the nude sunbathing?