[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[Political Junkie Too]

A physics professor will try to turn back time in an experiment at the Miami Museum of Science.

You guys are a little late.

Terry McAuliffe already tried to turn back time to Florida 2000 in November 2002. He failed miserably.

He's going to try again on November 2, 2004.

-PJ

[evets]

"what is the frequency...

... Kenneth?"

[weegee]

Was he a Wesley Clark supporter?

Candidate Wesley Clark sees time travel as possible

[Lancey Howard]

"I'm like Franklin, Columbus and [Michael] Faraday: we [just] do what we are capable of doing.''

Is this guy going to be selling autographs? His own, I mean?

[Joe Bfstplk]

Algore invented time travel.

[AFreeBird]

I want to go back to 1 Million Years BC

Or at least 1966 :-)

[Doctor Stochastic]

May I suggest "By His Bootstraps" by Anson MacDonald.

[Swordmaker]

Dolz claims to be a "phycisist" yet his grasp of physics seems a little loose. He also claims to be a "Professor" at Florida International University.

A Google Search for "Carlos Dolz" produces one Carlos Dolz, professor of Medicine in Spain, a Carlos Dolz who teaches Juggling in Los Angeles, and three repeats of the article from the Miami Herald we have before us.

A search of the Florida International University website fails to come up with a Carlos Dolz as a faculty member. The following is a link to the listing of the faculty and staff of the Department of Physics at FIU.> FIU Department of Physics Faculty and Staff

Guess what? No Carlos Dolz.

Methinks the Miami Herald, and perhaps the museum have been hoodwinked or hoaxed!

[AndrewC]

FYI and discussion

The experiment involves putting a digital clock under immense force by spinning it on a centrifuge.

Timex ®, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. -- John Cameron Swayze.

[Dinsdale]

Clearly stated.

The basic idea behind the experiment is to speed up the frequency of the pulses, or ticks, produced by the clock with force to push it ahead.

Digital clocks basically devide and count freqencys produced by crystal osciallators. Sounds like stressing the crystal could increase it's frequency. Could you build a crystal 'strain' guage?

This is clearly not a relativistic effect. It's far too large.

Sadly the original english is cryptic. No doubt the reporters understanding was also less then complete.

[unixfox]

Dolz said it takes about six hours to move the clock ahead four seconds.

Sounds like a government project to me, except with governnent it takes six years to acomplish something that should take 4 seconds.

[bondjamesbond]

A simple test of the concept of time travel:

Hitler survived to adulthood. Therefore, time travel cannot exist now or in the future.

End of story.

[Preech1]

Oddly enough this idea is not new, in fact, I did research into the idea of centrifuges and artificial gravity to produce time dilation back in high school...I think even Dr Who used it as a premis for his TARDIS...