THE SUN TODAY: 10 December 2011 - Towering Inferno

[Skyywatcher88]

I see you also have a video stuck on 300 views. I guess its no big deal...!

[drkstrong]

@Skyywatcher88 Yes, I dont know why YT cant just simply count the views. The three ways of checking the YT viewership gives 3 different answers. On my channel it say 490,147. On my stats page it sys 498,750 (and that difference can vary between 7,000 to 15,000) but if I go through my videos and add up the number of views for each individually I have over 525,000 not counting the videos I have taken down or had mirrored.

[herosminos]

Happy holidays to you and your love ones...!!

[drkstrong]

@herosminos Same to you

[robstuk1]

I think I found my answer here> /watch?v=qq3U5o4Yblw However it raises more questions. It has to do with the heliosheath.

[drkstrong]

@robstuk1 Neat video but it is just one view, I know some others think the original idea is still valid.

[robstuk1]

great videos

[robstuk1]

or is our (bubble) galaxy hard to breach, via external forces.

[robstuk1]

@robstuk1 bubble solar system***

[robstuk1]

Doesnt our solar system become effected by outside forces, which get funneled toward our sun like the earths northern lights, but with the sun. If that makes any sense, lol.

[drkstrong]

@robstuk1 Some things affect us - gravity and cosmic rays but the Sun keeps most stuff at bay at a distance od between 100 and 200 AU

[herosminos]

your videos are simply amazzing...keep doing the good work.

[drkstrong]

@herosminos Thanks, I'll be on holiday after this one until the new year

[robertedwardfay]

Like England driving on the wrong side of the road so they can catch spies, America keeps the inch so people have a hard time stealing something and fixing it when it breaks. Metric is easy to use in science because it is a base ten {exponent} system. But i always thought the unit it was anchored to was wrong. Take all the constants that are used, find a mean fraction at resolves to some unity, identify 'quart', 'gallon', 'pound', 'foot,' 'yard', etc. sized units and go from there using base ten

[drkstrong]

@robertedwardfay Actually many countries still drive on the left - it is a tradition that goes back to the medieval times.

The continuation in the states of the imperial system is mostly to dio with trade protection. But as science and the military use metric it is going to cause problems.

[baalisgod666]

Another reason the USA should collapse. So the next civilization can go metric like the rest of humanity. Land of Homer Simpson.

[drkstrong]

@baalisgod666 :)

[Skyywatcher88]

Another outstanding post...Did you see the filament erupt on the northwest? It was a dusey!

[drkstrong]

@Skyywatcher88 Yep - got a video on that today if I can ever get to it!

[WONd3RB0Y]

Thank you for updates!

[09mldaniel]

Nice riddle You nasty hobbitses !

[drkstrong]

@09mldaniel :)

[herosminos]

niceeee luv this video....thanx for sharing...

[drkstrong]

@herosminos Gald you liked it

[Buckpwnz]

Wow that was amazing ty for sharing :)

[drkstrong]

@Buckpwnz You are welcome

[tvswnet]

c]8-{D> Nice!

[drkstrong]

@tvswnet Thanks

[Suspicious0bservers]

that cme in the southeast, during both the explosion and the part where the little bit left behind retreats back, the movement is helical. Tough to ignore that consider that magnetic forces are the main thing at work here. thanks for your information.

[shaggietrip]

Great job again. Thank you.

[WhackTheWax]

great trivia question (missed it but great question)

[drkstrong]

@WhackTheWax It was hard

[706wilson]

Dr.Strong:good video the Sun seems to be slacking off a bit. Miss the days when had so many flares you would lose count. By the way, what does WEAK FIELD,LOW EBNERGY EVENT mean? Did you just hit a extra key? Thanks bye

[drkstrong]

@706wilson Yes, FFS. (Fat Finger Syndrome) My typing, is slightly worse than my spelling which is in turn not as bad as my hand writing!

[MrStoneClark]

@drkstrong HAHAHAHAHA

[zanaelf]

odd.. hmm

[drkstrong]

@vaughn496 Today it performed well

[sneakerset]

Stunning (I just wish my imaging efforts were this good). Btw, Dr.Strong...your timing on the trivia question is perfect. Tomorrow (Dec.11) is the 13th anniversary of the Mars Climate Orbiter launch (the metric mixup). Merry Xmas.

[drkstrong]

@sneakerset Thanks for reminding me that was what mixing units does for you.

[apagoogoo]

i got the trivia question right!!

made me think of that 'royale with cheese' scene from pulp fiction:

"....because of the metric system?"

"check out the brain on brad! that's right!"

[drkstrong]

@apagoogoo :)

[HonestJohn60]

Doc, thanks for keeping the daily report going! - Hope your other work is going well! - Only wishing you the best! - I know you have a Xmas display to show soon! - Looking forward to that too!

[drkstrong]

@HonestJohn60 I am going to take a coupe of weeks holiday (house guests, parties, shows, and trips) but I'll be back in Jnauary. Yes, I will put together a montage of our Xmas displays!

[Blazenresearcher]

ooooeww That was pretty!

[drkstrong]

@Blazenresearcher Yep the Sun can be amazing even when relatively quiet

[docatomics]

...all eye know as a journeyman automotive mechanic licensed across Canada in many ways,

~we got screwed most of all by metric change over which is still part SAE via US auto industry parts, not unlike that bi-lingual thingy at civil posting during the cumbersome forced cultural mixed marriage in civil formalities with Quebec'N` Canada in 70's

=such are the inherent cost of change, with potetnial dividend being forced to be somewhat more adaptable or fail to survive change or fail to prosper

[drkstrong]

@docatomics It is a lot easier working out the cost of 500 gms of nuts if 10 k cost $20 than having to work out the cost of 1lb 5 oz of nuts if a stone sack of them cost 1 pnd 14 s 5d.

[docatomics]

@drkstrong ...yes but think of the profits to be swindled when you can sell a 1/2inch spanner for the price of a 13 mm wrench;

~I am afraid you have demonstrated far to much common sense and ethics

=to make the grade of a change swindler hier doc; which is a good thing, mind you :)

[drkstrong]

@docatomics Thanks, yes, I used to get into trouble with my old company for telling the customer the truth whether they wanted to hear it or not. They said It was not the way to win business but I won a huge number of contracts for the company. Odd that!

[docatomics]

...the NIKE/ZUESS SAM system ?

~of course P.M. Diefienbaker assured the AVRO Arrow disidents that it was just sand bags in those Sub-Dew Line Missile Batterys

= aimed at scorched earthing my great kanadian north and not honest john 2.5 kt fission warheads in a bid to stimulate the cold war defense spending in a way that would Favor a monopolized Military industrial Complex that worked against everybody and controlled the fabrication of the "official opposition" as headless corporate beast do

[Ouijeannette]

Thank you as always... by the way... did I miss your December Christmas Village Scene??? OR your Christmas trees??? Hopefully I didn't ....

[drkstrong]

@Ouijeannette No, I'll put out an Xmax card video as soon as it is ready (only just finished the decorations.