[SI-LIST] Re: Si-list is one awesome avenue to learn and cont ribute to Signal Integrity

Hi Brett,

Facetious? Maybe, but you illustrate precisely the point I was trying to 
make, and the trap we repeatedly fall into! Touche!

Regards,

-Rob Hinz



At 10:07 AM 11/28/2001 -0800, Grossman, Brett wrote:

>Rob,
>
>To add another philosophical layer, you may want to restate your final
>comment as 'Reality will prevail'.
>
>It could be said that Physics attempts to model reality based on
>observations (a body of organized knowledge about the things and forces in
>the universe based on experimentation and observation - if anyone else on
>the list was forced to memorize that definition, give me a call and I'll
>quote a soliloquy from Hamlet that ought to rekindle some memories).
>
>Otherwise, we might have to say that 'reality' changed when Einstein came
>along (at least the 'reality' as defined by Newton). It probably wasn't the
>reality that changed only our interpretation of reality.
>
>Sorry, I am being facetious - but sometimes I can't resist.
>
>Nice examples.
>
>Regards,
>
>-Brett
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Hinz [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:48 AM
>To: sainath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Si-list is one awesome avenue to learn and
>contribute to Signal Integrity
>
>
>
>Sainath
>
>A couple things you might consider, Maxwell's equations work very well for
>describing the average effects of many photons. When you start looking at
>the quantum level effects of small numbers of photons they don't work so
>well. They also predict that TEM waves in free space will propagate in a
>straight line but we know that the direction of propagation is effected by
>gravitational fields.
>
>The question Chris was responding to was a philosophical one, comparing how
>we model reality to reality itself. While we may be able to gain
>significant insight from a good mathematical model, it remains just that.
>Physics will prevail.
>
>Rob Hinz
>Senior Electromagnetics Specialist
>SiQual Corporation
>rob@xxxxxxxxxx
>phone (503)885-1231
>fax   (503)885-0550
>http://www.siqual.com
>
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Rob Hinz
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