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OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results
gbrumfiel writes "Earlier this year, the OPERA experiment made the extraordinary claim that they had seen neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light. The experiment, located at Gran Sasso in Italy, saw neutrinos arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than expected from their starting point at CERN in Switzerland. Others have doubted OPERA's claim, but in a new paper, the group reaffirms its commitment to the measurement. 'It's slightly better than the previous result,' OPERA's physics coordinator Dario Autiero told Nature News. Most members of the collaboration who didn't sign the original paper out of skepticism have now come on board. But scientists outside the group still aren't sure. 'Independent checks are the way to go,' says Rob Plunkett, co-spokesman of a rival experiment called MINOS."
They make you reset the shield harmonics
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This is so yesterday.
Given my experiences in Italy, if the neutrinos arrived exactly when they were supposed to, Italians would consider that about 15 minutes too early.
Is this going to make their browser run Farmville even faster?
They're probably still trying to sync with time.windows.com. It's a common mistake.
I notice that lunch-time definitely passes faster than any other time.
No, but it is fair to say that he's speaking Philosophy. Keep in mind that religion doesn't necessarily have to involve a god or God. The Scientologists have apparently made off well without God...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Opera is faster than light? That should put Google's chrome out of business.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
But we should also stop assuming that the theory of relativity is more reliable than it is or that our knowledge is anything other than incomplete and premature. I think it is only a matter of time until we something that can exceed C.
If you ignore ACs because they are anonymous - you're an idiot.
Well, there are two possibilities here, one of the is that anonymous GP is a prat.
The other is, WOOOSH.
Wait, was that a neutrino?
Watch this Heartland Institute video
These browser release schedules are getting out of control. First, FireFox considered updating as often as once every 5 weeks. Now, Opera is going to top them by developing faster than light technology so they can post updates before their predecessors were released! (Side note: I'm now running Opera version 10,573 and it's great. I expect to be able to update to 10,574 yesterday.)
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
In Italy, at least the Tachyon's run on time.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Light travels at C, Neutrinos travel at C++
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
And how much of a vacuum can you really get in this universe?
Quite a bit, if we could get every politician in the world to participate...
-- Chaos, panic, pandemonium... My job here is done!
Light flew United. Nutrinos took SouthWest.
If you aren't part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem
We don't serve faster than light particles here.
A neutrino walks into a bar.