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Not to knock the tech, but the analogy...

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In Reply to: RE: This could be HUGE posted by clarkjohnsen on May 01, 2008 at 09:02:10

...of being the "fourth passive component" (akin to the "fifth element") is a bit of a stretch.

Besides. Have not capacitors (1 of the first three) been able to do their own memory trick by holding a charge? Better yet, the charge left represents a relationship between the capacitance and the applied voltage at the instant the voltage source was removed!!

So, Clark, a capacitor in a sense is BETTER than a logical memory of a 1 or a 0... the memory of a capacitor is analog to the resolution of one electrons energy level, a charge of 1 x 10E-19 Coulomb.

Ouch. That means even analog changes in discrete steps. Shudder at the thought! I wonder if there is any jitter?

Oh no - the word "jitter" resulted in increased anxiety levels. Time for some meditation followed by a nice Kava tea...

Cheers,
Presto

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