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Re:Heroku is down again by wavephorm on Saturday June 30, 2012 @12:22AM (#4180562)
Hopefully one day it will be feasible to host our computing architecture in space and avoid all these terrestrial obstructions.
Re:Heroku is down again by zacharyvoase on Saturday June 30, 2012 @12:49AM (#4180663)
Until a solar storm hits, and our servers are no longer under the protection of the Earth's magnetic field.
Re:Heroku is down again by wavephorm on Saturday June 30, 2012 @09:38PM (#4183483)
How do satellites deal with solar storms currently? Surely they could put a ton of iron around the servers to protect them.
Re:Heroku is down again by AYBABTME on Saturday June 30, 2012 @01:26AM (#4180779)
I have a feeling the electromagnetic conditions are much more stable on earth than in space. The magnetosphere and the atmosphere deflect a great deal of energy.
Re:Heroku is down again by jordanthoms on Saturday June 30, 2012 @01:13AM (#4180744)
What about when a booster goes off by mistake and sends your data flying into the sun?
Re:Heroku is down again by Ygg2 on Saturday June 30, 2012 @03:36AM (#4181022)
Sun is far away, you'd still get data back before it hits, but if buster made satelite hit another satelite or descend to earth it would be a worse situation.