Neutrino experiment repeat at Cern finds same result

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homer

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Meanwhile, back in the real world...:icon_roll
 

Macky

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It's not such a shocking revelation and it doesn't follow that warp drive and time travel are possible. Neutrinos are virtually mass-less particles, so it doesn't violate E=mc^2 by travelling at lightspeed. In terms of scale, if a hydrogen atom was the size of the Solar system, a single neutrino would be the size of a golfball. That's ****ing small.
 

Hector

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"You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space"
- Douglas Adams
 

Ian Marshall

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It's not such a shocking revelation and it doesn't follow that warp drive and time travel are possible. Neutrinos are virtually mass-less particles, so it doesn't violate E=mc^2 by travelling at lightspeed. In terms of scale, if a hydrogen atom was the size of the Solar system, a single neutrino would be the size of a golfball. That's ****ing small.

Crikey. It's been a long and lonely road but I think I've found someone with some perspective and understanding on the issue.

We should move out to the country together, throw away our televisions and live in glorious, glorious isolation.
 

homer

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Does this all mean the Borg are definitely coming, or what ?
 

Darth Vodka

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It's not such a shocking revelation and it doesn't follow that warp drive and time travel are possible. Neutrinos are virtually mass-less particles, so it doesn't violate E=mc^2 by travelling at lightspeed. In terms of scale, if a hydrogen atom was the size of the Solar system, a single neutrino would be the size of a golfball. That's ****ing small.

virtually mass less isn't mass less :)

and relavity says anything of non zero rest mass cannot be sped up to the speed of light, so it would violate current thinking
 

Ian Marshall

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In Einstein's day nothing so small had even been conceived. The equation as a general sort of model still stands up to a decent level of scrutiny.
 

RHYDAL

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and relavity says anything of non zero rest mass cannot be sped up to the speed of light, so it would violate current thinking
That's not strictly true. It's just the energy involved doing it would be prohibitive.
 

Darth Vodka

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In Einstein's day nothing so small had even been conceived. The equation as a general sort of model still stands up to a decent level of scrutiny.

er? is this the same Einstein who theorised photons? the zero rest-mass tiny sub-atomic particle?
 

Darth Vodka

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ok...cannot practically be sped up

:p
 

homer

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She's on her way, that's all I'm bothered about...

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Macky

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virtually mass less isn't mass less :)

and relavity says anything of non zero rest mass cannot be sped up to the speed of light, so it would violate current thinking

Yes, but it wouldn't require infinite energy to get there
 

Macky

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Crikey. It's been a long and lonely road but I think I've found someone with some perspective and understanding on the issue.

We should move out to the country together, throw away our televisions and live in glorious, glorious isolation.

You bring a blanket and I'll bring a box of green Rizlas
 
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