Sunspots

1. Notional cause of an odd error.

"Why did the program suddenly turn the screen blue?"

"Sunspots, I guess."

2. Also the cause of bit rot - from the myth that sunspots will increase cosmic rays, which can flip single bits in memory.

See also phase of the moon.

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