> Denny wrote:
> The, lets see, transistor? Capacitor?
> Can't remember which one uses the tunneling electrons or what-
> have you.
>

I believe it's the transistor and it's because of the probabilistic
nature of the position of particles.  In the case of the transistor I
think it's something like 99% of the time the electrons cruise down
one path but 1% of the time they follow a different one.

I believe all computers count of this effect to operate.

There was a great movie a few years back called "What the #$%^ do we know!?":

"WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW?!" is a radical departure from convention.
It demands a freedom of view and greatness of thought so far unknown,
indeed, not even dreamed of since Copernicus. It's a documentary. It's
a story. It's mind-blowing special effects. This film plunges you into
a world where quantum uncertainty is demonstrated - where neurological
processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived by its
protagonist - where everything is alive, and reality is changed by
every thought.

http://tinyurl.com/2m6ecq

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