Gregory:
I suspect you're right. Theories of quarks and particle physics aside,
I was thinking at a tangible matter level ;-)
In effect, audio signals are the same, a disruption of mass having a
specific frequency etc.. One could go crazy thinking about this stuff
at a philosophical level.
Duane
Gregory A. Kohring wrote:
>Duane Nickull wrote:
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>>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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