[dba-Tech] Can you spell superluminal? and define it?

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Nov 22 07:43:10 CST 2011


OTOH:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/21/neutrinos_not_so_fast/



On 22 Nov 2011 at 8:33, Tina Norris Fields wrote:

> Arthur,
> Ever since the first report of apparent FTL motion, I've been waiting to 
> hear or see confirmation.  Then, the second report came.  Now, I'm 
> excited that we are about to really learn something new about our 
> physical universe.  Isn't this great?
> T
> 
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields at torchlake.com
> 231-322-2787
> 
> 
> On 11/21/2011 5:43 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> > Superluminal = Faster Than Light (my suggestion for an abbreviation is
> > FTL). Second measurements at CERN appear to verify initial measures. Now we
> > just have to find a couple of places in the world that can do this
> > measurement. To my knowledge there are only two (could be my ignorance on
> > this subject) such places: Fermilab in Chicago, which already performed a
> > similar run and got similar results, but were not confident in their data
> > because their measuring tools were not as precise as those at CERN;  they
> > are now upgrading their equipment and should be able to verify within a
> > year. The other facility is in Japan, but it's been out of commission since
> > the earthquake and tsunami; could be a while before they're ready.
> > Meanwhile we wait with baited breath, pondering the implications.
> >
> > Phone me tomorrow and I'll pick it up yesterday, or something :)
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