Duane Nickull wrote:
> One thing I have trouble with is the use of words like "send" WRT to an
> electronic message. Is anything really sent? No - all that happens is
> the voltage at one end point is switched on and off several times and
> the other side detects the voltage switches. Nothing is actually sent
> from one place to another. Can someone actually "receive" an electronic
> message?
Nothing is sent? This sounds like the old "action-at-a-distance"
theory from the 18th century. Actually, in an electronic message
large numbers of photons and electrons are in movement. Some, such
as those photons going from a ground station to a satellite relay,
actually travel relatively long distances.... ;-)
In my opinion, the words "sent" and "received" will do nicely...
-- Greg
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