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- From: franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio)
- Subject: Re: Defining Photons
- In-Reply-To: snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us's message of 27 Jul 92 23:07:10 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:34:19 GMT
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- snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:
-
- > ``I'M JUST TRYING TO POINT OUT THAT OHM'S LAW DOESN'T INCLUDE A
- > TIME OR DISTANCE FACTOR'' Screams Snarfy.`` That allows
- > communication of information about changes the rate of energy
- > transfer back to the E transmitter from the E receiver to be
- > instantaneous once a connection is made, by means of lowering the
- > impedance of the receiving object! ''
-
- I'm not an expert on the subject, but I could swear that I've heard
- that Ohm's Law was never an exact description of reality in the first
- place (even before QM and relativity). If so, the obvious question
- is: Does whatever passes for the modern replacement for Ohm's Law (if
- such exists) also lack a time parameter?
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