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Topic: Error Undoes Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results
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Scarne
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http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/breaking-news-error-undoes-faster.html?ref=hp#.T0U_N0pYVRc.twitter
According to sources familiar with the experiment, the 60 nanoseconds discrepancy appears to come from a bad connection between a fiber optic cable that connects to the GPS receiver used to correct the timing of the neutrinos' flight and an electronic card in a computer. After tightening the connection and then measuring the time it takes data to travel the length of the fiber, researchers found that the data arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than assumed. Since this time is subtracted from the overall time of flight, it appears to explain the early arrival of the neutrinos. New data, however, will be needed to confirm this hypothesis.
Always make sure your cables are plugged in tight! 
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This could have been avoided if they used Monster cables. The ones with gold plated connectors.
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Pesky reality, interfering with my time travel. 
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That won't stop them from using the "but neutrinos can travel faster than light" defense while defending their stupid crackpot fringe crank science.
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Bjorvald posted:
This could have been avoided if they used Monster cables. The ones with gold plated connectors.
having sold monster cables when I worked retail. I laugh!
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