Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/01/31/the-earths-magnetic-poles-ma.html
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I rather enjoyed The Core. It is a fun popcorn romp movie.
So onto more important questions…if the poles swap, which way will my toilet water flush again?
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Same way. That’s gravity, not magnetism; unless you poop like Nibbler, you’ll be fine.
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I love this NYT review of The Core: “The brazen silliness of The Core is becalming and inauthentic, like taking a bath in nondairy coffee creamer. The Earth core’s inability to turn is mirrored in the cast’s inability to give the picture any spin.”
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It’s those people making over-unity magnetic motor/generators – they’re sucking all the power out of magnetism!
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I’m buying stock in airport runway painting companies right now.
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“… harm or otherwise kill…”
fify - other movie
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Quirks and Quarks had a good segment on this, for those who enjoy audio content. Plus there is a transcript here:
By good, I do mean utterly terrifying.
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And highway sign companies.
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are you sure…I’m freakin’ out over here!!!
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This is great news for the prepper industrial complex
I’m buying shares of Infowars stock!
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Australia will have to change its nickname to Up Over.
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Wouldn’t that also vastly increase the risk solar storms pose to transmission grids?
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It’s the time during a reversal that is fucking scary:
The silver lining is “(t)he reversal might happen, or it might be aborted — Earth is too complex a system for scientists to know which outcome to expect. Either way, the process will drag on over the next few thousand years, giving us time to adjust to the changes.” -Livescience.com
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I don’t see a source for the claim in the headline.
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The millenium bug, african killer bees from central america, a smorgasbord of asteroids, chemtrails, magnetic poles flipping, you name it, north americans just luv their apocalyptic scenarios (and to buy ALL THE WATER+BATTERIES at the supermarket)
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My son wants to buy a compass… I suppose I should hold off until the new models are released (I am guessing this means they’ll have to paint the other side of the pointer…?)
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I had to look that up.
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Give or take a few billion years, but who’s to say really.
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So how long does a reversal take? Any ideas?
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