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I know the speed of photons varies due to 'constraints' such as medium density, wave-guide or gravity well. IIRC, there must be arcane corrections to GPS satellites' clocks due to their motion...

{ Apparent 'c+' result could be as simple as overlooking the Earth's oblateness, or proximity to Alps' mascon... ;- }

IMHO, anything that challenges and possibly extends 'Standard Model' is good. One loop-hole might result from neutrinos' ability to morph between different types. Having some sort of tunneling effect kick in might tell us about the transition state.

FWIW, I'm unhappy about the current hunt for assorted shades of 'Dark Matter'. Given that both 'usual' and 'unusual' suspects fail to show, I've been heard to mutter about 'epicycles'...

One unhappy 'gotcha' may be that there's NO Dark Matter here-abouts due to the 'Local Bubble'...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble

<blockquote data-quote="Nik" data-source="post: 134922" data-attributes="member: 3200">I know the speed of photons varies due to 'constraints' such as medium density, wave-guide or gravity well. IIRC, there must be arcane corrections to GPS satellites' clocks due to their motion...{ Apparent 'c+' result could be as simple as overlooking the Earth's oblateness, or proximity to Alps' mascon... ;- }IMHO, anything that challenges and possibly extends 'Standard Model' is good. One loop-hole might result from neutrinos' ability to morph between different types. Having some sort of tunneling effect kick in might tell us about the transition state.FWIW, I'm unhappy about the&nbsp; current hunt for assorted shades of 'Dark Matter'. Given that both 'usual' and 'unusual' suspects fail to show, I've been heard to mutter about 'epicycles'...One unhappy 'gotcha' may be that there's NO Dark Matter here-abouts due to the 'Local Bubble'...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nik, post: 134922, member: 3200"] I know the speed of photons varies due to 'constraints' such as medium density, wave-guide or gravity well. IIRC, there must be arcane corrections to GPS satellites' clocks due to their motion... { Apparent 'c+' result could be as simple as overlooking the Earth's oblateness, or proximity to Alps' mascon... ;- } IMHO, anything that challenges and possibly extends 'Standard Model' is good. One loop-hole might result from neutrinos' ability to morph between different types. Having some sort of tunneling effect kick in might tell us about the transition state. FWIW, I'm unhappy about the current hunt for assorted shades of 'Dark Matter'. Given that both 'usual' and 'unusual' suspects fail to show, I've been heard to mutter about 'epicycles'... One unhappy 'gotcha' may be that there's NO Dark Matter here-abouts due to the 'Local Bubble'... [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble[/url] [/QUOTE]

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