At 08:15 11/05/2005 -0800, Todd Walton wrote: >On 11/4/05, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At 06:30 11/04/2005 -0800, Todd Walton wrote: >> > What is a "non-linear" editor? >> >> It means random access vs sequential access. > >Oh. That makes sense. > >Now I gotta figure out what this friend of mine means when he says >quantum mechanics is non-linear physics.
Quantum (from latin "How much?") mechanics deals with discrete units. Newton's classical mechanics considers things in a continuous fashion. However, that has nothing to do with whether something is linear vs non-linear which is instead determined by the mathmatics used to describe the situation. I think you friend doesn't really know what he is talking about. Actually, when it comes to quantum mechanics, very few people know what they are talking about. Gus "E=hv" Wirth -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
