too bad.

Not to bite the dude in the story thread, but I also read this backwards?

Now sources familiar with the OPERA review say scientists have identified two potential problems with the experimental apparatus. One has to do with a fiber-optic connector that sends a GPS time stamp to the experiment's master clock. That connector may not have been functioning correctly when the neutrino-timing measurements were made, and as a result, the recorded flight time would be shorter than the actual time. That alone could explain the seemingly faster-than-light results.

Another potential problem has to do with the oscillator that was used to generate the time stamps for GPS synchronization. This problem could have made the flight time look longer than it really was.

ooops

Meaning that they arrived even faster than 60ns difference? I'm confused by this important part of the article.

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2012-02-23 01:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

It would either make the time differential between the two particles smaller, say 10ms instead of 60 ms, or, more likely, it would have made lights flight time look longer then it really was and thus it only SEEMED that the neutrinos arrived faster.

YAWN

" I'm confused by this important part of the article."

The article is full of vague ideas, but that is what you get from a reporter rather then someone who know what they are talking about. It is actually kind of funny how this guy screwed up the information he was given. Oh well, i guess we will have to wait until a legitimate report come out.