Daily Archive: October 15, 2011

Oct 15 2011

Neutrinogate: Speed of light appears to be relatively safe

Looks like those neutrinos that arrived 60 nanoseconds ahead of schedule in that CERN experiment, the one that everyone keeps claiming proves relativity incorrect in the absolute speed limit of the universe, may have been mismeasured after all. To get a clearer picture, the distance the neutrinos traveled is straightforward. They began in CERN and …

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Oct 15 2011

Unpacking the Astrology Vs Computers lawsuit

No, no, this is the GOOD kind of astrolabe.

The title to this post is grossly reductionist, but it amused me. Regardless, I’m not planning on taking on astrology yet again, just the particular astrologers who are engaged in what I view to be a money-grab along the same lines as the now defunct SCO Group.* A company called Astrolabe was founded in 1979, …

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