From HPStapp@lbl.gov Sun Mar 19 22:37:59 2006 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:37:51 -0800 (PST) From: Henry P. Stapp To: ALWYN VANDERMERWE Cc: stapp@thsrv.lbl.gov Subject: Re: 060315.2(AR)^6A.RUBIN:Spatial DOF in Everett QM (fwd) Dear Professor Vandermerwe I recommend publication of the revised text. Henry P. Stapp On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, ALWYN VANDERMERWE wrote: > > ************ > PLEASE RETAIN IN YOUR REPLY THE SUBJECT LINE EXACTLY > AS ABOVE, EXCEPT FOR A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN THE DATE > --USING THE YYMMDD ORDER! MANY THANKS! > ************ > > Dear Prof.Stapp: > > Please be so kind to let me know if the enclosed reply and/or > revised paper by the author(s) identified in the subject line > above change(s) in any way your earlier unfavorable, somewhat > critical, or qualified opinion (whichever adjective applies!) > of his/her/their work submitted to us for publication. Your > help is greatly appreciated. Cordially yours, > Alwyn van der Merwe > ************ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:33:22 -0500 > From: Mark Rubin > To: ALWYN VANDERMERWE > Cc: nycexile@yahoo.com > Subject: 060315.2(AR)^6A.RUBIN:Spatial DOF in Everett QM (fwd) > > Dear Prof. van der Merwe, > > I will follow the reviewer's suggestion of changing > "is present" to "may be present" in the first sentence in > Sec. 1.2. > > Sincerely, > > Mark > > __________________________ > > > Mark A. Rubin, Ph.D. > Active Optical Systems Group > MIT Lincoln Laboratory > 244 Wood Street, S3-302 > Lexington, MA 02420-9185 > rubin@LL.mit.edu > Phone: 781-981-5966 > Fax: 781-981-5069 > > __________________________ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ALWYN VANDERMERWE" > To: "Rubin, Mark -- Mark Rubin" ; "Mark Rubin" > > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:20 PM > Subject: 060315.2(AR)^6.RUBIN:Spatial DOF in Everett QM (fwd) > > >> >> ********** >> REPLY CODE. IMPORTANT: Failure to use the Reply Code >> exactly as instructed below will dramatically delay >> the reviewing process. >> >> Dear Author(s): >> >> Please respond to the enclosed Report, RETAINING our >> subject line above except for the following substitutions: >> >> (1) Replace my date by your own YYMMDD date (i.e., starting >> with the year). >> (2) Replace REPORT [2(AR)^6] by REPLY [2(AR)^6A]; note the >> addition of the symbol A! >> >> E-mail your reply in PLAIN TEXT, unless mathematical analysis >> demands otherwise, in which case a pdf is preferred. >> >> FYI: My editorial guidelines require at least two >> favorable reports for publication of any paper; >> three or more for controversial papers. >> ************** > >> REPORT 2(AR)^6 >> >> Dear Professor Vandermerwe, >> >> I think these new changes make the paper suitable for publication, >> except for one small point. Section 1.2 begins with the assertion" >> >> "Stapp claims that in a system with spatial degrees of freedom such as >> those considered in the present paper, the basis problem is present >> in aggrravated form." >> >> What Stapp actually said was that that the basis problem emerges from >> "measuring devices whose centers, orientaions, and fine details" are >> smeared out. There is no claim that just an overall variable location >> alone would lead to a problem. Indeed, the discussions given in earlier >> reports indicates that the real problems should begin when variable >> internal degrees of freedom that control the choice of basis are >> considered. The author has duly noted the importance of considering such >> internal variables. Nevertheless, it is not accurate to say that >> Stapp claimed that the basis problen "is present" in the case considered >> in the paper. >> >> This is not to deny the importance of, and interest in, examining the >> simplest possible problem first. Still, this words "is present" are not >> accurate in this context; "may be present" would be a possibility. >> The reader can then examine for himself what Stapp actually said on this >> point. >> >> Or the author could mention the three kinds of variations listed by Stapp, >> and say that the paper will examine .... >> >> With these changes the author can get his work out, with its correct >> identification as a first step towards a possible resolution of the basis >> problem. >> ------------------------------ >> > > >