[OT] Warp Drive, Here We Come

[Jerry Jensen]

On Sep 22, 2011, at 8:45 PM, Pete wrote:

> I love this stuff!  Throughout history, scientific discoveries have rocked
> everyones beliefs about the world around us. Now we may be on the brink of
> another such event which is hugely exciting to me and a privilege to be
> living through it.
> 
> It may all turn out to be a calculation error but let's not assume that is
> the case.  The world of subatomic particles is very strange (or charmed, or
> left or right or up or down) and even if this turns out to be true, it may
> not have any bearing on Newtonian physics.

Once again, xkcd to the rescue:
http://xkcd.com/955/
--Jerry