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This is a normal post Loses faith in science, buys bible.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 15:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Loses faith in bible, buys Razzle

(I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Buys Razzle, discards in hedgerow for future generations.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post You are obsessed with copies of Razzle and hedgerows
..you had to know which hedgerows to look under, apparently
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post and white dog shit, *nostalges*

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post finds Razzle in hedge,forgets about digging shallow grave

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 18:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post *Whacks fluffybunnykiller with spade, fills in shallow grave and runs off with Razzle.*

(I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 23:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post *eats big plate of beans to increase methane production*

(I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post loses faith in light, turns to darkness

(I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post *Stumbles over bins. Stubs toe on skirting board*

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is this going to be like when CERN scientists broke the speed of light...
...only to find there was a wiring fault in the experiment?
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not to piss in your cornflakes or anything,
but I wouldn't get that excited yet. The last time someone announced such a result it turned out that they hadn't connected the equipment up properly.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Dunno
Have you noticed these new fangled light bulbs? They take ages to light up properly.
 (dirk speedrift Sit doon, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe that's the flaw in the experiment?
Did someone replace one of the bulbs with a low-energy one?
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post You've got the wrong new-fangled light bulbs
The new new-fangled light bulbs come on instataneously.
But they're fearsome expensive.
 (I helped save b3ta! CharlesDexterWard no rush eh, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mine are so fast
They come on fractionally before I flick the switch.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 21:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's never been a constant
unless you mean the speed of light in vacuum. Light slows down when passing though water, gas etc - that's how we get refraction.
 (I helped save b3ta! joetotale blear-e'ed, wither'd spectre, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post True but once free of the medium it's passing through it normal speeds up again
These guys claim that once free of the mask it doesn't speed up again and remains slower than the constant even in a vacuum.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post cunts

(pissflaps. FSPW, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 18:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post We've only got a vax, it looks like a bit like a dyson though, will that do?

(HandmadeLurkage it smells of farts in here, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post 30mph in frozen sodium
this is kind of different though because its been seen to not speed up after its been slowed down
 (I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 17:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post Its never been a constant
Hence prismatic refraction etc. What you're talking about is the speed of light in a vacuum.
Edit: damn, Joe beat me to it by seconds
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post I haven't read the paper
but the summaries on popular news sites suggest that the "slowing down" is just the lights wavefunction taking a longer optical path due to being diffracted and reappearing on it's original path due to constructive interference.

I could be utterly wrong though.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's passing through a medium other than a vacuum
You can actually get it down to 38 mph by passing it through cold sodium atoms.
Once passed the medium it speeds up again to the constant for whatever medium it's in.

The point is that these guys are claiming to slow it down permanently.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Where did I mention media?
I'm talking about optical path lengths here.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post er... how else are you refracting the light?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post If I'm reading it right it's a diffraction effect
they have a ring shaped slot, the photon (wavelike) goes through the entire slot and creates a diffraction pattern on the other side. This interferes so the maximum probability of finding it is still on its original path.

When you measure it it acts like a particle so it is only in one place and that place is probably on the line it was going down initially, but because it has had to go through the bullseye ring it has actually covered more distance than it would if it had gone in a straight line, so it seems to be going slower.

But as I said, I haven't read the paper yet so I could be wrong. This is just what I remember from my nearly 20 year old uni quantum mechanics and optics.

Got to run now. I will see if I can get a chance to actually read it over the weekend.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 17:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post mindpiss

(I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 17:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Surely the speed of light through a brick is zero.
 (penrose your dog's got tits, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Some will heat the brick up by an infinitesimal amount
the rest gets scattered, which is why you see it.
 (I helped save b3ta! CharlesDexterWard no rush eh, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is it slowed down permanently or did they just give the other ray of light a bit of a headstart?

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post The other ray
passed through one of lance armstrongs urine samples.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Scottish scientists slow down light by diffracting it through batter then passing it through a deep fat fryer

(I helped save b3ta! wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 23 Jan 2015, 16:57, , Reply)