Re:Neutrino experiment affirms faster-than-light claim
by ajuc on Friday November 18, 2011 @11:23AM
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Some people will run the same code on the same data. They will get the same results, but so what.
Some other people will run the same code on different data (maybe from simulation, or when checking their own theory). They will get some other results, or the same.
Some people will recreate experiment from scratch, and get code B and data B.
Some people will run code A on data B. Some people will run code B on data A.
Now we can't do that. The code is already written, it's waste to hide it, it's not like publishing code prohibit other people from writing their own code.
That's how you check for errors - by changing as little as possible and observing results.
Some other people will run the same code on different data (maybe from simulation, or when checking their own theory). They will get some other results, or the same.
Some people will recreate experiment from scratch, and get code B and data B.
Some people will run code A on data B. Some people will run code B on data A.
Now we can't do that. The code is already written, it's waste to hide it, it's not like publishing code prohibit other people from writing their own code.
That's how you check for errors - by changing as little as possible and observing results.