"Suja" wrote in
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BTW, I think you should consider raising some of these points with the
purveyor of this particular load of bull and see what (if anything) he
has to say.

Don't need to. He Who Shall Not Be Named kindly did so for me and was even
kind enough to cc me a copy.

--
Marcel and Moogli
http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/

diddy wrote in news:Xns97D2650F0AF7Cdiddydiddynet@
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"Suja" wrote in
news:_9Kdg.23841$ZW3.7802@dukeread04:

BTW, I think you should consider raising some of these points with
the purveyor of this particular load of bull and see what (if
anything) he has to say.

Don't need to. He Who Shall Not Be Named kindly did so for me and was
even kind enough to cc me a copy.


Just a question, but you commented on positive electrons and said they
don't exist, but weren't they discovered in the early 1930s? The more
correct name for this component of the electron is the positron and you
can read about its discovery at http://focus.aps.org/story/v17/st5
Here is part of the definition found at Wikipedia:
The positron is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the
electron. The positron has an electric charge of +1, a spin of 1/2,
and the same mass as an electron. When a low-energy positron collides
with a low-energy electron, undergoing an annihilation event, their
mass is converted into the kinetic energy of two gamma ray photons
(see electron-positron annihilation).

An electron has a negative charge, a positron has a positive charge. They
are different particles. Back in the day (middle of 20th century) the
term positive electron may have been correct. However, since the early
90s at least (when I went through undergrad and grad school) they have
been called positrons.

I should also point out that, being an antimatter particle, they have
*extremely* short lifespans when not contained in a vacuum. By short I am
talking millionth of a second.

--
Marcel and Moogli
http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/

Marcel Beaudoin composed these thoughts and
posted them :

diddy wrote in news:Xns97D2650F0AF7Cdiddydiddynet@
216.196.97.142:

Marcel Beaudoin composed these thoughts
and posted them :

"Suja" wrote in
news:_9Kdg.23841$ZW3.7802@dukeread04:

BTW, I think you should consider raising some of these points with
the purveyor of this particular load of bull and see what (if
anything) he has to say.

Don't need to. He Who Shall Not Be Named kindly did so for me and
was even kind enough to cc me a copy.


Just a question, but you commented on positive electrons and said
they don't exist, but weren't they discovered in the early 1930s?
The more correct name for this component of the electron is the
positron and you can read about its discovery at
http://focus.aps.org/story/v17/st5 Here is part of the definition
found at Wikipedia: The positron is the antiparticle or the
antimatter counterpart of the electron. The positron has an electric
charge of +1, a spin of 1/2, and the same mass as an electron. When a
low-energy positron collides with a low-energy electron, undergoing
an annihilation event, their mass is converted into the kinetic
energy of two gamma ray photons (see electron-positron annihilation).

An electron has a negative charge, a positron has a positive charge.
They are different particles. Back in the day (middle of 20th century)
the term positive electron may have been correct. However, since the
early 90s at least (when I went through undergrad and grad school)
they have been called positrons.

I should also point out that, being an antimatter particle, they have
*extremely* short lifespans when not contained in a vacuum. By short I
am talking millionth of a second.


IOW they are not naturally occuring in the body

diddy wrote in news:Xns97D26A093478Ddiddydiddynet@
216.196.97.142:

Marcel Beaudoin composed these thoughts and
posted them :

snip

I should also point out that, being an antimatter particle, they have
*extremely* short lifespans when not contained in a vacuum. By short I
am talking millionth of a second.

IOW they are not naturally occuring in the body

Nope. And I shoudl also mention that when positrons and electrons meet,
they do so destructively (think Star Trek and Anti-matter containment) with
the release of gamma radiation. The stuff that they use in cancer
treatments.

--
Marcel and Moogli
http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/