Your self-proclaimed "expert" is a jackass

Post #42,975 by ben_tilly 6/20/02 12:32:32 AM Reply	Your self-proclaimed "expert" is a jackass Current by definition is the movement of charge. Charge moves because charged particles (mainly electrons) have net motion. The actual velocity of the electrons is miniscule, but still... Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #46,257 by tablizer 7/20/02 11:51:29 PM Reply	Is it all relative? Perhaps there is no way to tell the difference between a particle changing position and a particle "giving" its attributes to another similar particle. We don't know whether the memory address (or record ID) is the same, we can only see the attributes of the things. Thus, whether it is a movement or an attribute transer, it looks the same to the observer? ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #46,260 by ben_tilly 7/21/02 12:10:49 AM Reply	Sorry. We can tell Hypothetical science questions have a nasty habit of having answers. If the particle changes position, its charge moves and the movement of charge has visible effects (eg magnetism). By contrast the ripple of communications from one charge bumping the next bumping the one after and so on can be measured moving from point A to point B. The former goes at walking speed, the latter at near the speed of light. So both happen, and we can tell the difference. Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman

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