One must devote the necessary time to meditate upon the musings of Jones in order to gather the full depth.. or, the absence of depth, when considering the word " figurative". Not only can the "hole" exist, it can exist when it's absent. Interestingly, like a "lost wax" method of casting. The question remains.. " how does the wax become lost?" Fortunately, the Dime Box keeps regular hours, else folks could wander in and only catch part of the conversation which can lead to strange conclusions. Richard
Although it is a good bet that Richard offered this bit of hidden knowledge 'tongue-in-cheek' - perhaps as the start of a dime-box sucker-bet, so to speak... ... there is literal truth to it (in vino veritas?) ... so be glad I saved you a few bucks for the next round of shots - with the following whiskey-talk ... OTOH does the dime-box open this early? The positive charge is almost always identified figuratively as an electron "hole" and what "hidden" particle in nature always acts as an electron hole? BTW if you said "positive ion" - instead of positron - my conclusion is still the same: the +ion is positive because it has an attached "real" positron. This particle however is normally neutral and unseen to us. All of this semantics duality - which is inherent in the fact that a figurative "hole" can be a real particle - can be resolved by looking at, or specifically "for" the "interface" which is the thin-line or boundary between 3-space and reciprocal space. This is the space where positrons can emerge from normal-neutrality (from our perspective) so to speak, and hang out with impunity, like on a teetering bar-stool, and not fall fully into forbidden-zone of 3-space (where all the crazies live)... Jones ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: R C Macaulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does it really matter? Positrons are actually neutrons since the positive pole of a battery is actually the negative when you think about it. Richard
