In addition to his extensive writing experience, Chris has been interviewed as a technology expert on TV news and radio shows. He gave advice on dark web scans on Miami's NBC 6, discussed Windows XP's demise on WGN-TV's Midday News in Chicago, and shared his CES experiences on WJR-AM's Guy Gordon Show in Detroit. The most recognisable and visible space weather effect is arguably the auroras (Northern and Southern Lights). However, as well as these spectacular natural phenomena, space weather also represents a real threat and can have an impact upon national infrastructure, technology, and communications systems. The threat of space weather to national infrastructure, UK industry and the wider public is such that in 2011 it was added to the Government National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies. In response, the Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) was created to provide the critical information needed to help protect the country from the serious threats posed by severe space weather events. What causes space weather? CMEs). One such eruption occurred early on 27 Nov, and produced a CME which may arrive at Earth either late on 29 Nov or during 30 Nov. A further eruption in the eastern hemisphere will be analysed once sufficient satellite imagery becomes available. Primarily intended for 4 or 5 players. 1-3 players is possible within the rules, but far less fun/interesting.

Space Alert box appears in The Big Bang Theory in episode 11x10 ("The Confidence Erosion"), visible behind Stuart in the Comic Center shop.

Chris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. He founded PCWorld's "World Beyond Windows" column, which covered the latest developments in open-source operating systems like Linux and Chrome OS. Beyond the column, he wrote about everything from Windows to tech travel tips. Assuming clear dark skies, there is an increased chance of seeing the aurora tomorrow evening and on 12 th November. Those in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland have the best chance if the weather is favourable. The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a unique experience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about 30 minutes, including setup and evaluation.

Solar Activity:Activity has been Low, with only a number of C-class flares, the most energetic of these from the large and magnetically complex region in the southeast quadrant. This is one of eleven sunspot regions on the visible disc, with a number of moderately sized regions. In addition there is a proliferation of simple unipolar regions. Space weather conditions vary. Streams of particles from the Sun carried by the solar wind constantly hit the Earth. During periods of high solar activity, when there are more solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), Earth experiences increased impacts. Extreme events that cause the largest impacts can occur at any time during the 11 year solar cycle. Coronal mass ejection/Solar flares A CME is the ejection of material from the Sun into interplanetary space. If the material is directed towards the Earth then the event may result in a disturbance to the Earth's magnetic field and ionosphere.

Coronal mass ejection/Solar flares

Solar Activity:Solar activity is expected to be Low to Moderate, with a chance of isolated M-flares. A large and complex region in the southeast quadrant is most likely to produce energetic flares. Solar Wind / Geomagnetic Activity:Solar wind speeds have been at slightly elevated levels. Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF), was weak, with north-south component also weak and variable in direction. Geomagnetic activity was Quiet (Kp 0-2). Video showing the CME leaving the Sun on 9 th November. Movie is generated using Helioviewer.org with images from SOHO/LASCO (ESA/NASA) and the Solar dynamics Observatory satellite (NASA). Space Weather Forecast Headline:Chance of isolated M-class flares. Chance of G1-G2 Minor/Moderate storms with Coronal Mass Ejectionarrival 29 Nov or early 30 Nov.

Starting in 2015, Chris attended the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas for five years running. At CES 2018, he broke the news about Kodak's "KashMiner" Bitcoin mining scheme with a viral tweet. A wave of negative publicity ensued, with coverage on BuzzFeed News, CNBC, the BBC, and TechCrunch. The company's project was later reportedly shut down by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Chris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times---and that's just here at How-To Geek. You can only disable these low disk space messages by changing a setting in the Windows Registry. This is a system-wide change, so Windows won't warn you about low disk space on any of your drives after you change it. The game is separated into two rounds, the action round and the resolution round. [3] The action round consists of 10 minutes of gameplay. During this round, the computer announces threats that appear, and the players play cards which allow them to take actions in response to the threats. Each card allows the player to move around the ship, or to take actions (such as firing a laser, supplying energy to a reactor, etc.). [4] After the action round, players complete the resolution round, during which they resolve their actions and determine whether or not they survived the threats. They then calculate their points based on the number of threats handled and the amount of damage their ship sustained.Summary is issued at the end of an event, confirming the start and end time and peak measurement during the event. Space Alert relies heavily on teamwork and communication, so playing without VOIP is not recommended. My templates started life as some of the examples in the documentation but have diverged quite a bit as I’ve learnt more about the template syntax. I’ve actually managed to get my alerts down to using just three templates - Default, (used by no ICMP response, no SNMP response and Device Rebooted) Disk Space Alert and Services alerts. Customising the alert templates to get them looking just how I wanted took me a fair bit of time so I thought I’d share my alert templates and some of the alerts I use with them as they might be of use for others. Cancellation may be issued when either actual or forecast space weather conditions change to such an extent that the forecaster considers a watch or a warning is no longer valid. Type

Coronal Hole A region in the Sun’s outer atmosphere (corona) where hot material can flow unrestrained by its magnetic fields out into space.I see there is a thread from 2017 like this already however it predates the change to the alert template syntax in 2018 (?) so I thought it was probably better to keep this separate.