Warp wrote:
> Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>> Absolutely! It's just that in everydays terms, it's to small to be evaluated 
>> using ordinary instruments. Heat is manifested by an increase in the average 
>> motion of the atoms around a resting location. More heat = faster and longer 
>> movements of the atoms. Faster movement = more kynetic energy.
> 
>   That sounds a bit like saying that a combustion motor *is* a lightbulb
> because the energy consumed by both can be measureds in watts.
> 
>   Common properties don't necessarily make to things the same.

They're not the same. But the difference between them isn't the mass. 
It's the patterns the mass is moving in, and the interactions.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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