> Santa is, and always has been, a non-quantum phenomenon, > therefore, the first truly virtual entity.Think, instead of a single > physical Santa, of a cloud of Santa-ness with infinite color but > finite spin. Therefore, there can be infinite nodes of Santa-ness, > with finite and varying degrees of intersection with the quanta So, the correct term is "Santum" ? =============================================== As this year's Clause Encounters Of The Nerd Kind I was thinking about treating myself to an XBox. As a piece of h/w of course !! Anyone know MS's plans for the XBox ? It seems to be mostly a games machine at the moment but MS being MS I'm sure they'll invent new standards to shut everyone else out of future expansion and implementation of set-top units http://www.planetxbox.com/about/compare/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu