sci.physics.electromag

On Mar 17, 8:11=A0am, Benj wrote:
> On Mar 17, 4:19 am, "Sue..." wrote:
>
> > > Dear Radi,
> > > Forces are obviously real and fields are a mathematical idea.
> > > Benj
>
> > The field of nails in this photo:http://www.physics.ucla.edu/demoweb/ima=
ges/smashbrickssm.jpg
>
> > =A0 =A0is just as real as a nail through your foot.
>
> BZZZZT! Wrong. It's a BED of nails. Nails are discrete and hence can't
> be described with field theory!
> Now a "field of dreams" is something else altogether!

You win. I promise to burn all my copies of the multiplication
tables because they aren't real either. Only individual
summands for each of natures integrators can possibly
give correct solutions. :o)

>
> > But the absence of any need for medical attention
> > for contact with the field, is clear evidence of
> > a field effect.
>
> > Sue...
>
> Whoa! Sue! Is that YOU under that sledge?
> :-)

No... That is the last person I lost argument to
and my older brother swinging the hammer.

Sue...