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Particles recorded moving faster than light: CERN
Reuters ^ | September 22, 2011 | Robert Evans

Posted on 09/22/2011 12:16:56 PM PDT by John W

An international team of scientists has recorded neutrino particles traveling faster than the speed of light, a spokesman for the researchers said on Thursday -- in what could be a challenge to one of the fundamental rules of physics.

If confirmed, the discovery would overturn a key part of Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity, which says that nothing in the universe can travel faster than light.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cern; fasterthanlight; neutrino; speedoflight
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1 posted on 09/22/2011 12:16:57 PM PDT by John W
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Have they ever measured the speed at which a tax dollar is spent in Washington?


2 posted on 09/22/2011 12:19:06 PM PDT by Stosh
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186,000 mi/sec. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.

Or maybe not. FTL would be a game-changer, to understate things.

/johnny

3 posted on 09/22/2011 12:20:56 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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That’s not allowed. It’s a law....................


4 posted on 09/22/2011 12:22:25 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: Stosh

—Have they ever measured the speed at which a tax dollar is spent in Washington?—

particle = tax dollar


5 posted on 09/22/2011 12:22:45 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: John W

Called the Obama dollar particle.


6 posted on 09/22/2011 12:22:53 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: Stosh
Have they ever measured the speed at which a tax dollar is spent in Washington?

Since the spending generally occurs before the tax collection, you are looking at pre-causalty.

/johnny

7 posted on 09/22/2011 12:22:53 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“FTL would be a game-changer, to understate things.”

Got that right! Throw EVERYthing out the window with that.


8 posted on 09/22/2011 12:23:18 PM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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Neutrino’s have no mass. They can go faster than light


9 posted on 09/22/2011 12:23:37 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket~!!!)
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10 posted on 09/22/2011 12:23:50 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: John W

Instrumentation error.


11 posted on 09/22/2011 12:23:59 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: John W
Evocative of Firesign Theater's’ “How can you be 2 places at once when you're not anywhere at all”
12 posted on 09/22/2011 12:24:27 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Mr. K

NO MAS!...............


13 posted on 09/22/2011 12:24:35 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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—186,000 mi/sec. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.—

Well, if the cop going the other way is going 186,000 mi/sec and you’re going 186,000 mi/sec, would he not get a false speed of 372,000 mi/sec?

And hey, it’s all relative, right?


14 posted on 09/22/2011 12:25:04 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Mr. K

Neutrinos only allowed past this point..................

15 posted on 09/22/2011 12:25:42 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: John W

Hey, the science is settled you racists.


16 posted on 09/22/2011 12:26:16 PM PDT by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: cuban leaf

Einstein said, “Time is relative, depending on which side of the bathroom door you’re on.”


17 posted on 09/22/2011 12:27:13 PM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: cuban leaf
particle = tax dollar

More like, V(tax dollar) = V(particle)x 1000

18 posted on 09/22/2011 12:28:06 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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Maybe I’m wrong but I think current thinking is that they do have a very small mass.


19 posted on 09/22/2011 12:29:58 PM PDT by DManA
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To: John W
nothing in the universe can travel faster than light.

The B-52s differ with that one. I respect Einstein but they were more entertaining;

“She came from Planet Claire
I knew she came from there
She drove a Plymouth Satellite
Faster than the speed of light”

20 posted on 09/22/2011 12:30:13 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Those who trade land for peace will end up with neither one.)
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