Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? 315
gbrumfiel writes "Two weeks ago, researchers claimed particles called neutrinos were travelling faster-than-light and violating the laws of special relativity. But now it looks as though general relativity might be behind the experiment's unusual result. An independent analysis claims that the original experiment, known as OPERA, failed to take into account differences in earth's gravitational field between the neutrino source and the OPERA detector. As Nature News reports, gravity can distort time according to Einstein's theory, and the effect could explain why neutrinos appear to arrive 60 nanoseconds ahead of schedule. The OPERA team is now reviewing the new analysis."
Re:Now we know why (Score:5, Funny)
c++
Dear CERN, (Score:3, Funny)
Nice try.
Sincerely,
Einstein
Re:Seriously? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Now we know why (Score:5, Funny)
They didn't have to raise the speed of light; they just raised it a semitone.
That's right. The universal constant for the speed of light is c#.
Re:I'm impressed (Score:4, Funny)
I worked it out half way.
Then I worked out half of the remaining math.
Then I...
Re:Now we know why (Score:5, Funny)
If C# is now the speed of light- does that mean that Java exceeds the speed of light?
No, Java is still slow.
Re:I called it (Score:4, Funny)