Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
by AsymetricCom on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @08:12AM
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If you're still using magnetic platters, it would be a good idea to take them apart and flip the disks to reduce data corruption. There are also tools that will do this for you in software by flipping every bit on the disk and using 1 for 0 and vice versa. You can also do this with dd in Linux, just make sure you flip the binary description bit in the Disk Parameter Table.
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
by snorkel on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @09:25AM
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If you're using a tablet you should face away from the sun and turn the screen facing away from you. You can then use a mirror to see the screen.
That's pretty easy, imagine the fun the NMR/MRI people are about to have. Those suckers are heavy.
Also my wife is a member of the "interior decoration means covering your fridge with magnets" tribe, so now I have to flip all of them over. Someone, please create a startup for online classes for interior decorating.