Received from IVP at 10/15/11 21:45 UTC:

> > Possible solution to the problem!
> >
> > http://www.dvice.com/archives/2011/10/speedy-neutrino.php
>
>Aren't GPS clocks compensated for relativity anyway ? Seems
>unlikely that all those boffins at CERN haven't considered that
>when looking for the 60ns discrepancy
>
>IMVHO
>
>450 miles time-of-flight at light speed is 2.41ms
>
>Off by 60ns =3D error of 0.0025% =3D 59ft per 450 miles
>
>Either neutrinos > c or GPS doesn't work as advertised


Not at all.  What the article is trying to describe is somewhat akin to the=
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following non-Einsteinian analogy.

A train is traveling at 5 feet per second.  At the rear of a flatcar is a=20
rabbit.  The flatcar is 50 feet long.  The maximum speed at which this rabb=
it=20
can run is 25 fps - this is an absolute physical constant - and he can atta=
in=20
this speed instantaneously.  Alongside the tracks is an observer.  The rabb=
it=20
begins running and the observer starts his timer.  When the rabbit has move=
d=20
50 feet with respect to the observer the observer stops his timer.  The tim=
er=20
shows 1.82 seconds.  So the rabbit traveled at 50 feet / 1.82 seconds or 27=
..5=20
fps.  Neutrino rabbit broken the rabbit speed barrier and has proven Einste=
in=20
wrong!  Or has he?

It's not the best analogy, but it does indicate that frame of reference is=
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important.  Wrap your head around the analogy and then read the article aga=
in.




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