Favourite technological word

'NREs'  Non-recurrent engineering.  Those are all of those rando parts distributed on the bench and floor when one is designing something or trying to get something to work.  I am hooking up the air on my new laser cutters, I will have a surfeit of nipples and tubing lying around by the time I get it right.

Yes, that one goes along with, "Don't bother to document anything, its just for a demonstration!"

After the demo, it suddenly becomes a full blown prototype that they expect you to quickly turn into a product rather than let you redesign it for its intended task.

I have been caught on that one, but never twice.

DAB

Yes, that one goes along with, "Don't bother to document anything, its just for a demonstration!"

After the demo, it suddenly becomes a full blown prototype that they expect you to quickly turn into a product rather than let you redesign it for its intended task.

I have been caught on that one, but never twice.

DAB

Thank you. The last bunch of stuff that I had seen from CERN, and the like, was starting to look more like metaphysics than physics. I had already heard the photon propagation phenomenon. Your explanation brings in something that I had been discounting, which is Heisenberg issues (usually something that I point out to others), where the measurement instrument is directing the results. Time for me to get caught up on my dark matter reading.

Cheers,

Jack

Hi Jack,

In my theory, we show that photons are two mass/charged objects that vibrate at a frequency determined by the mass.

That makes all discussions on particle or wave moot.  Most of the wave effects are the result of not understanding the edge effects of individual photons being affected by the mass of the aperture.

We have shown that all photons are involved in discrete exchanges between the source and the absorbing atom.

DAB

Hi Don,

What we found during our analysis was that it was possible for a bubble of captured photons to form into a semblance of a stand alone electron, but any interaction with it usually scattered the photons.

So when you see words like electron flow, substitute photon flow and you will be more correct.  It takes an incredible amount of energy to remove an electron from an atom, but very little amount of energy to induce the exchange of photons.

DAB

Hi Jack,

I absolutely love that perspective.

John

Also keep in mind, the planet is infested with all forms of parasite and vermin, with which we share it. Depending on your philosophy, we either; accept them for what and who they are believing they were put here for a reason, or expend significant energy to try and correct things.  All things are relative.  I like to follow the wisdom from the philosopher who was asked "why are we here" and the response was, "because the weeds need carbon dioxide".

Jack

Perhaps I was a little too obtuse. What I meant to say, the study of higher order theoretical physics (dealing with super position and such), can be an unsettling area indeed. Many times you need to set aside your conventions and step off into unknown arenas.  The reference to the rabbit hole was about Alice and how very deep a hole it is indeed. The hole can be encountered either as an adventurer, seeing how far it leads, or as an observer, "yes that is probably a rabbit hole".

I tend to prefer the adventure

There are those out there with whom I would just as rather not be sharing an electron with!  Whole thing gives me the creeps!  Upon reflection, however, perhaps I do have a tendency to dwell in 'rabbit holes.'

...Sneaking in a comment...  Depending on how you view matter that matters. Is it a wave, or is it a particle. Then you start adding dimensions to explain anomalies, and before you know it, your explanation starts to permit existence of physical manifestations that you aren't willing to accept.

or, you can say, "yes a rabbit lives in that hole".

off topic:  Say, DAB, what is your take on the 'single electron' theory?

I agree, I always kept a project notebook and kept everything in it, including designs, and decisions made by management.

It always came in handy when management forgot something and instigated a urinal Olympics over issues.  Having my note dated and timed always won over anyones faulty memory.

DAB