CERN breaks light speed barrier?

[Hun200kmh]

sandwich machine got fixed again ...

 

[niky]

If you cant see it than it isnt there. Whats happend to society, all this fancy scientific talk.

Unfortunately, on this forum, the rules are if we don't see proof, you can't make the claims.

 

[wfooshee]

What really happened

Timing error introduced by loose fiberoptic cable.

 

[PeterJB]

Guess Einstein dodged a bullet then...

 

[Dennisch]

I feel a bit sad. I had my hopes all up, that bullet should have hit Einstein. Maybe some other day.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Oh well. Hopefully they've learned how to connect their cables properly now.

 

[Dennisch]

They should have hired Famine.

 

[niky]

A loose cable makes the timing data come in sixty nanoseconds early?

This should revolutionize telecommunications! Imagine... I can lower my ping in online games simply by plugging in the internet cable halfway!

 

[Vince_Fiero]

I hope the news will explain to people Einstein still stand, well at least his theory.

 

[Emptyone]

I hope the news will explain to people Einstein still stand, well at least his theory.

Problem being the ordinary average Joe may have no idea why Einsteins theory is important at all, so it may not matter. Shame it was a simple error, not the neutrinos jumping off the brane, changing into sterile ones. going into the bulk and coming back again as one of the normal three flavours, would have been much more interesting.

EDIT: Having just read this thread, I wish I'd been active on the forums in September, as I know a little about this kinda physics.