DC Tom Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1110/1110.2832.pdf For the researchers out there. Best abstract ever. Don't even need to read the rest of the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 The problem of superluminal neutrinos is now solved: turns out the GPS receiver had a bad fiber optic connector. When they replaced it, the 60ns timing difference went away. First professional job was a call-in help desk. First thing I learned: "Is it plugged in? Jiggle the cables, please." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buff_bills4ever Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I've oft posed the question, 'If you're driving in your car at the speed of light, what happens when you turn on your headlights?' The same thing if you video tape a flashlight then play it fast forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 First professional job was a call-in help desk. First thing I learned: "Is it plugged in? Jiggle the cables, please." You said please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 You said please? He probably hadn't had his coffee that morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 You said please? Well, I said it with a great deal of scorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Didn't believe it originally, but didn't think they wouldn't check, re-check, and re-re-check their equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Scientific discoveries are rarely heralded with "Eureka!" More often, they're announced with "Hmmm...that's weird..." Good example of how science is properly done, though...get an anomalous result, run it enough times to make sure it's statistically significant and not background noise, then publish it to let others try to duplicate it. So how should we interpret a scientist's remark that a particular field of inquiry has entered "a whole new dimension?" http://www.springer.com/physics/particle+and+nuclear+physics/journal/10050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 So how should we interpret a scientist's remark that a particular field of inquiry has entered "a whole new dimension?" http://www.springer.com/physics/particle+and+nuclear+physics/journal/10050 I want a pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 A test run by a different group at the same laboratory has now clocked them travelling at precisely light speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 A test run by a different group at the same laboratory has now clocked them travelling at precisely light speed. They can't travel at precisely the speed of light. Neutrino oscillation either requires them to have mass - and they're slower, or to travel faster. "At" would indicate a rather broken neutrino theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 They can't travel at precisely the speed of light. Neutrino oscillation either requires them to have mass - and they're slower, or to travel faster. "At" would indicate a rather broken neutrino theory. Talk to the editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/the-trouble-with-neutrinos-that-outpaced-einsteins-theory.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Nice article on the whole thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Bazinga! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/the-trouble-with-neutrinos-that-outpaced-einsteins-theory.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Nice article on the whole thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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