You need to feed a decent amount of energy to an atom

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alcaray — 3/15/2005 6:47:57 PM (archived)

to get an electron to move to a more energetic shell. Likewise, it must shed energy when it goes in the other direction. Sounds like a hot-running machine, to me.

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How small can Computer Data Storage get? - REB - 3/15/2005 4:08:22 PM
- re: Here is my idea - Johannes - 3/26/2005 2:37:08 AM
- Point of diminishing returns - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2005 10:59:33 PM
- re: How small can Computer Data Storage get? - REB - 3/15/2005 5:26:06 PM
- Look up quantum computers (n/t) - Tony - 3/15/2005 4:58:40 PM
  - re: Look up quantum computers - REB - 3/15/2005 5:12:28 PM
- Theoretically - Davin :. - 3/15/2005 4:43:10 PM
  - re: Theoretically - REB - 3/15/2005 5:01:07 PM
    - You need to feed a decent amount of energy to an atom - alcaray - 3/15/2005 6:47:57 PM
    - Quarks are the only way to go :-) (n/t) - Tony - 3/15/2005 6:13:27 PM
      - You cant have a single isolated quark (n/t) - R.L. - 3/26/2005 11:44:01 PM
      - re: Comparing the phase angles of coherent photons might work. (n/t) - Johannes - 3/17/2005 5:30:51 AM

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