There is much more that can be said and discussed about
these amazing machines than I can cover here, but let’s get a taste.
The thing, the physical stuff sitting in front of you –
emitting various wavelengths of light, spinning magnetic platters, generating
heat as electrons flow in time to the vibrating of crystals – is not what
you’re looking at. You’re looking at what I've written – probably imagining
waves and spinning, heat and vibrations, crystals and little pin-points of
light (that’s how I imagine electrons). The physical thing in front of
you, if measured and considered as a physical thing, is basically a
water-slide for electricity; the electrons spin around and around inside a box,
and then that energy becomes heat, or light, or just goes around some more
until you stop the ride (that is, turn off the machine).
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| They're in the computer? |
But, obviously, that isn't what your computer is. Your computer
is essentially metaphysical. A computer takes a lot of a
