A single occurrence is a Santum, plural occurrences are Santa, just like
Datum and Data


At 10:32 AM 12/18/02 +1300, you wrote:
> > 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/
>
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