xkcd #3017: Neutrino Modem

https://xkcd.com/3017/

Our sysadmin accidentally won a Nobel Prize while trying to debug neutrino oscillation error correction.

https://explainxkcd.com/3017/

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11 Comments

yesman@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (4 replies)

A neutrino modem would absolutely work because the technical issues could all be solved by capturing the traffic from the future and reverse-engineering it.

peopleproblems@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How would that work?

Even ignoring the almost negligible amount of mass a neutrino has, it's still limited to c meaning we aren't getting new information before anything else.

yesman@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Neutrinos can totally go back in time. It's essential to the plot of "Watchmen" 2009 and that's as good as peer review. it's just not in physics because Einstein was a Marvel fan.

leftzero@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 1y

I'm pretty certain that was tachyons, not neutrinos...

ironsoap@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 1y

٩(。•́‿•̀。)۶

jbrains@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y

"My solution is faster than yours."

"If the code doesn't have to work..."

style99@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

Nothing like hooking your internet up to literal wishful thinking.

Aquila@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If they’re at the center of the planet are they weightless?

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think so? The mass of the earth above pulling more or less equally in all directions

Unbecredible@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

So my back would finally stretch out and pop? Sounds like my dream.

FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

The modem is off centre

/pedant