Neutrinos are those little particles that pass right through matter ball the time, aren't they.  That to me is much more impressive than how fast they do it, unless speed is how they do it.

I'm cool with neutrinos exceeding the speed limit -- by a mere 60 nanoseconds, who hasn't done that? But I'm really pissed that they refused a breathalizer test, then defiantly sped off through the bodies of the physicists who had tried to capture them.

Here's a good discussion of the likelihood the findings are accurate, and the implications if they are:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/22/faster-than-light-travel-discovered-slow-down-folks/

My first thought would be instrument error, especially their use of GPS to measure (within centimetres) the 730-km distance the neutrinos traveled. That factor itself relies on an accurate measurement of the speed of light.

It will be very interesting to see what real scientists think about the report, which is already online.

This could be just the most awesome discovery ever... warp speed here we come! You should have seen my husband when I told him after work, he was over the moon excited and finally found something on the interwebs worth reading about, except for my daily reading of the Gawker headlines to him while we drink coffee before he hops on his bike to ride to work, those are always worthwhile, but mostly for the laugh factor.

If anyone is interested in the full CERN seminar, here's two hours of excruciating detail. A little technical, but it's clear these guys did their homework, anticipating most of the flaws and errors people might raise as possible explanations:

http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1384486

Not a lot of laughs, but at I think slide 23 they show a piece of computer equipment they used, and I spotted a tiny Microsoft Windows logo. Eureka!