[QUOTE=masser;512657]...shitty science journalism. It's a clickbait piece for folks that know nothing should exceed the speed of light. The researchers appear to have found a way to do
[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_velocity#Superluminal_group_velocities"]this[/URL] in a vacuum.

[SIZE=1]edit: ah, I see now: university press release. Attention grabbers are sexy, relevant details are not.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
So it's a joke, but the reporter didn't get it?
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The last few paragraphs are a punchline of sorts, where it talks about mixing up the space and time properties of light so they can make the pulse do what they want.

That's what you'd have to do anyway, employ some Star Trek mumbo jumbo and stretch space around the photons.
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[QUOTE=rogue;512660]Reminds me of Cold Fusion.[/QUOTE]
Off-topic: What about Red Fusion? I loved that stuff when it was around for that short time. Don't remember what it tasted like, but I remembered thinking it was pretty awesome.
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[QUOTE=EdH;512705]Doesn't the light inside the Enterprise travel faster than light when it's traveling at warp?:smile:[/QUOTE]
Depends on how nerdy you want to get.

First, yes, I recognize that it's just tv show stuff and not actual science.

But the basic idea, in that universe where Star Trek is actually happening, is that you're in a pocket universe being propelled in a "place" next to regular space. Space is moving, rather than light, and you just ride along like in a car. So the pocket universe carries the Enterprise wherever it needs to go via that pocket universe.

I know almost nothing about physics, but I seem to remember that space can expand faster than light even if the light contained within it can't move beyond its set speed. And Gene Roddenberry took that idea and ran with it.

I think most of the tech in the original series is based on theoretical science of the time, which was the 60s if I remember correctly.
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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;512776][URL]https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/gps-rollover-event-on-april-6-could-have-some-side-effects/[/URL][/QUOTE]

From 10-bits to 13-bits? Are the damn things so specialized that leaving off the extra 3 bits was a good idea? I wonder what's going on with those extra bits?
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[QUOTE=ewmayer;512798]"Concerned citizen". Re. the Uni PR whoring aspect, we've all - whether we are aware of it or not - heard of subliminal advertising, now we also have superluminal advertising. That happens a lot as well in MSM articles about the latest "spooky action at a distance" quantum-entanglement experiments, I swear over 90% of them fail to mention that, no, this does not permit faster-than-light communication.[/QUOTE]
Could it allow close to the speed of light communication? Maybe a stupid question, but Google wasn't helpful last time I checked.
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[QUOTE=kriesel;512872][URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/03/hospital-viruses-fake-cancerous-nodes-ct-scans-created-by-malware-trick-radiologists/[/URL][/QUOTE]
Their adblocker detection is wonky, I turned off my adblocker and it kept complainng.

Guess I won't be using that site.

Redaction of Robert Mueller's Report Halted as William Barr Passes Out From Sharpie Fumes
 

[url]https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/55928-redaction-of-robert-muellers-report-halted-as-william-barr-passes-out-from-sharpie-fumes[/url]
[QUOTE]“You cannot use that many Sharpies, for hours on end, without proper ventilation,” a Justice Department staffer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. “This was a disaster waiting to happen.”[/QUOTE][B]
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[url=https://mobile.twitter.com/GenuineCovfefe/status/1116897881162534912/photo/1]Holy cat-mouflage, Batman![/url]

[QUOTE=ewmayer;513794][url=https://mobile.twitter.com/GenuineCovfefe/status/1116897881162534912/photo/1]Holy cat-mouflage, Batman![/url][/QUOTE]I had to tip my head so that the left side became the bottom.

No comprendo.

[QUOTE=kladner;514020]No comprendo.[/QUOTE]
Hmm. The [url=https://mobile.twitter.com/GenuineCovfefe/status/1116897881162534912/photo/1]link[/url] led to a photo when it was posted. Now it gives the "Sorry, that page doesn't exist!" error. I guess it got taken down.

[url]https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/what-starry-night-has-in-common-with-gassy-clouds-where-stars-are-born/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;514536][url]https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/what-starry-night-has-in-common-with-gassy-clouds-where-stars-are-born/[/url][/QUOTE]

The artists's mental turbulence rendered artistically in a manner faithful to that in literal "troubled waters" - cool!

Here is Wikipedia re. the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_microscales]Kolmorogorov turbulent microscaling theory[/url]. That ultimate dissipation into heat at the smallest scales - where vortex dynamics become overwhelmed by viscosity - is alas omitted (or replaced by really crude physics-jettisoning simplifications) in the kinds of pure-maths studies of "fluid dynamics" embodied by the Clay Institute Millennium Prize for the "Navier-Stokes equations".

Things that make you go "Hmmmm..."

When you read Pari/GP discussion boards and walk across a sudden gem :rolleyes: --
[QUOTE]To: [email]pari-users@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr[/email]
Subject: Re: Datatypes for sieve algorithms
From: Joerg Arndt <arndt@jjj.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:44:50 +0100

[B][url]http://vixra.org/[/url] is the home of the terminally confused,
don't waste your time.[/B]

Best regards, jj

P.S.: there are (very few) valid papers on vixra, but
the overwhelming number are Smarandache grade rubbish.[/QUOTE]

I'm in Calgary for a few days and was looking for a place to eat. Who know that there were so many fast food restaurants in the area?

[QUOTE=rogue;514827]I'm in Calgary for a few days and was looking for a place to eat. Who know that there were so many fast food restaurants in the area?[/QUOTE]Whenever you see the "About x,xxx,xxx,xxx results" just ignore it. It is total :poop:. It is lies. It is exaggerated. It is meaningless.

I think google use a random number generator and add seven zeros on the end.