Re:Heroku is down again
by wavephorm on Saturday June 30, 2012 @12:22AM
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Hopefully one day it will be feasible to host our computing architecture in space and avoid all these terrestrial obstructions.
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Re:Heroku is down again
by zacharyvoase on Saturday June 30, 2012 @12:49AM
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Until a solar storm hits, and our servers are no longer under the protection of the Earth's magnetic field.
How do satellites deal with solar storms currently? Surely they could put a ton of iron around the servers to protect them.
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
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What about when a booster goes off by mistake and sends your data flying into the sun?