Re: Single Photon Data Types

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message news:NxZVa.1474$eS.265757826_at_mantis.golden.net...
> "Dave Ulmer" <daveulmer_at_ccwebster.net> wrote in message
> news:bg97d6$mb0pa$1_at_ID-186663.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Lets look at the data provided by a single photon:
> >
> > The photon has Energy or Intensity data
> > The photon has Frequency or Color data
> > The photon has Direction_in_Space (x,y,z) data
> > The photon has Polarization data
> >
> > That's four data types. Did I miss any?
>
> Those are four properties not types. Other properties include: Mass,
Volume,
> Wavelength, Spin, Position, Amplitude, Intent

Are you saying that properties are not data? Can't you collect data on an objects properties?

>
> For photons, some properties are always zero.

Which ones? Are these zero's not data? Are all zero's alike? Don't you need to know the data type of the properties before the zero is meaningful?
>
> The type a photon has is photon, which is a subtype of particle and of
wave.
>

Are there different types of photons?
>
> > Now what data types does a rock exhibit?
>
> Narcotic, Alkaloid, Drug, Chemical, Substance to name a few.
>
Could a rock exhibit a type of data that we call reflectivity?

Dave... Received on Thu Jul 31 2003 - 02:14:37 CEST