"Robert G. Earnest" <robert@earnestphoto.com> writes: > This would indicate to me that, upon the opening of the shutter, there > would might be a flood of photons that minutes before that had been > biding their time having tea with the queen filter mum. Or perhaps if > the queen wasn't available than probably some gin soaked photons... Yes, you're clawing your way towards the Truth, Robert... "Tea", "gin",...? No, it's onion soup. The universe is a giant onion. Well, to be more precise eight onions, or to us classically educated types, the octonions. Look, it's all explained here: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/Octonions/ Brian Chandler ---------------- geo://Sano.Japan.Planet_3 Jigsaw puzzles from Japan at: http://imaginatorium.org/shop/