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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:33 am 
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If only they'd picked one of those more expensive cables made by Monster, eh? ;)


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:21 pm 
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If I recall correctly (off the top of my head), there were several hundred kilometres of cables involved with the OPERA experiment, and almost none of them were purposely laid for the experiment at hand; checking them all has been ongoing since day one.

This isn't a simple 'are you sure it's plugged in' problem, and it's actually much less embarrassing for them than the public media are making out - most who have followed the experiment closely have been impressed by CERN's sensible and mature approach to this throughout. They put their hands up right at the start and admitted that it could very well be an error: they've been searching for possible errors non-stop since and releasing all of their findings. They've just been incredibly open and honest scientists, which is what the scientific method is all about really.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:25 pm 
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If only they'd picked one of those more expensive cables made by Monster, eh? ;)


Can't go wrong with gold-plated fibre optic cables!


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:28 pm 
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Eighthours wrote:
If only they'd picked one of those more expensive cables made by Monster, eh? ;)


Can't go wrong with gold-plated fibre optic cables!


Totally. MUCH BETTER PICTURE, amirite? :fp:


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:31 pm 
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Eighthours wrote:
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
If only they'd picked one of those more expensive cables made by Monster, eh? ;)


Can't go wrong with gold-plated fibre optic cables!


Totally. MUCH BETTER PICTURE, amirite? :fp:


I'm an expert on pictures. I did a degree in picture quality at Comet University and I can totally see the difference.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:33 pm 
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Karlprof wrote:
If I recall correctly (off the top of my head), there were several hundred kilometres of cables involved with the OPERA experiment, and almost none of them were purposely laid for the experiment at hand; checking them all has been ongoing since day one.

This isn't a simple 'are you sure it's plugged in' problem, and it's actually much less embarrassing for them than the public media are making out - most who have followed the experiment closely have been impressed by CERN's sensible and mature approach to this throughout. They put their hands up right at the start and admitted that it could very well be an error: they've been searching for possible errors non-stop since and releasing all of their findings. They've just been incredibly open and honest scientists, which is what the scientific method is all about really.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:55 pm 
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Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
If only they'd picked one of those more expensive cables made by Monster, eh? ;)


Can't go wrong with gold-plated fibre optic cables!


Totally. MUCH BETTER PICTURE, amirite? :fp:


I'm an expert on pictures. I did a degree in picture quality at Comet University and I can totally see the difference.


Comet University eh? That sounds OUT OF THIS WORLD!!


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:04 pm 
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More reliable source

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17139635

But the team also said they found a problem in the optical fibre connection between the GPS signal and the experiment's main clock.

In contrast, the team said that effect would increase the neutrinos' apparent speed.


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