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Loose cable blamed for speedy neutrinos
Science News ^ | 2/23/2012 | Devin Powell

Posted on 03/06/2012 1:16:25 AM PST by U-238

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To: bert

I remember that as a kid!

LLS


21 posted on 03/06/2012 4:30:43 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: U-238
Obviously, physicists are not as smart as climate scientists; no matter what happens, it’s always proof for climate change!
22 posted on 03/06/2012 4:54:25 AM PST by cartan
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To: U-238

But they were so CERNtain. Oh well...time for another Brain Depuckerization Treatment.


23 posted on 03/06/2012 5:05:55 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: zeestephen

It always bugged me when physicists use the figure of speech that photons have no mass. They have energy, and any 9th grade algebra student can prove then that a photon’s mass = E/c^2. Maybe in theory if a photon could be brought to rest it would have no mass, but then it would still have relativistic mass since it is at rest only relative to something else. And while we’re at it, I wish ‘they’ would make up their minds and let us know if gravity is really a force or just an effect of curved space. ‘They’ seem to try to have it both ways on that one all the time too.


24 posted on 03/06/2012 5:15:07 AM PST by JTHomes (Free markets now!)
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To: Nifster

—...it would have required a change of our fundamental understanding if how things work...—

Which often is the beginning of new discoveries. :-)


25 posted on 03/06/2012 5:36:06 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: U-238
A 'loose wire'? I read over week ago on a Physics website that the error was due to a calibration problem with the equipment.

The oddest thing was that the link to it was on the web page from an article on Slate, I thought Slate went kaput
(yes I debugged by computer and killed all the cooties)

26 posted on 03/06/2012 5:41:03 AM PST by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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To: zeestephen
Guess I’ll just have to wait for the real excitement when CERN generates an accidental Black Hole.

LHC webcams

27 posted on 03/06/2012 6:07:58 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: U-238

“It was always clear to me that the results could not have been true,”

No doubt, he was expecting them to have to slow down when they turned over the edge of the earth and started across the other side.

Hope the guy realizes that dogma can be like a pit bull.


28 posted on 03/06/2012 6:41:18 AM PST by rod1
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To: U-238

Graduates from East Anglia sckool of siense.


29 posted on 03/06/2012 7:31:59 AM PST by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: U-238
Duh.

Winning.

30 posted on 03/06/2012 7:37:38 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: LibLieSlayer
I found a black hole using Google Earth... 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!

If you were referring to Michelle, you are correct.

If you were referring to Barack, it is only a half black hole.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

31 posted on 03/06/2012 7:44:18 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: zeestephen

And that effect is cause by the heating of the vane not anything else....Lord you know so little fundamental science


32 posted on 03/06/2012 8:23:48 AM PST by Nifster
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To: MestaMachine

Are you asking me if there is such a thing as a gem block or beam dump? Or is your notion of ‘moving’ merely referring to light’s vibrational frequencies....your choice of words indicate a confusion about science


33 posted on 03/06/2012 8:25:47 AM PST by Nifster
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To: cuban leaf

No doubt but when one hers hoof steps it is important to look for horses before zebras unless you are on the savannas of Africa or at the zoo.


34 posted on 03/06/2012 8:27:26 AM PST by Nifster
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To: LonePalm

Yes... I stand corrected.

LLS


35 posted on 03/06/2012 9:14:48 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: Nifster

“Lord you know so little fundamental science.”

Well, you're at least half right.

I haven't thought about radiometers in 50 years, so, guilty, your honor, I thought they were vacuum sealed, and I thought the motion was caused by photons agitating the electrons in the vane.

As to fundamental science, hmmm, I think I could still crack the top 10 percentile on a standardized test.

I know that photons have no mass, but I always assumed that was a theoretical convenience that allowed them to have properties of both waves and particles.

And, as I recall, it is theoretically impossible for a photon to have zero mass inside a super conductor.

But I'm sure you'll set me straight if I'm mistaken.

36 posted on 03/06/2012 2:12:17 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: silverleaf

It was a success. The “mini” black hole was contained.


37 posted on 03/06/2012 3:31:05 PM PST by U-238
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To: cartan

We should be discussing modern physics.The term modern physics refers to the post-Newtonian conception of physics. The term implies that classical descriptions of phenomena are lacking, and that an accurate, “modern”, description of reality requires theories to incorporate elements of quantum mechanics or Einsteinian relativity, or both. In general, the term is used to refer to any branch of physics either developed in the early 20th century and onwards, or branches greatly influenced by early 20th century physics. This is what the scientists at CERN are using.


38 posted on 03/06/2012 3:54:52 PM PST by U-238
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To: cartan

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/

Remember, modern physics is all theoretical.


39 posted on 03/06/2012 3:58:18 PM PST by U-238
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Thanks U-238.
 
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40 posted on 03/06/2012 9:28:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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