[LINK] What is actual?: "Particles found to break speed of light" - sharing a link

[Kim Holburn]

On 2011/Sep/23, at 7:08 AM, Tom Koltai wrote:

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>> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of sylvano
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>> Subject: [LINK] What is actual?: "Particles found to break 
>> speed of light" - sharing a link
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/science-light-idUSL5E7KM4CW201
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> sylvano
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> Hmm...
> Quote/
> "Light would have covered the distance in around 2.4 thousandths of a
> second, but the neutrinos took 60 nanoseconds -- or 60 billionths of a
> second -- less than light beams would have taken."
> /Quote
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> Hark, I hear an imprudent rumour... Does that mean the NBN is already
> obsolete because its packets have unacceptable light speed latency
> issues ?

No it's because neutrinos don't need fibre - they're wireless!

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