The Infoton is the fundamental quantum of information-mass—the minimum physical mass of information at a given temperature, as determined by the thermodynamic cost of information processing.
January Walker proposed adopting information particle or 'Infoton' as a formal term in quantum information physics to denote the quantized unit of information derived from combining Landauer's principle E ≥ kBTln2 with Einsteins E = mc². The terminological framework Infoton enables analysis of information- phenomena at sub-atomic scales through m(T) = kBTln2/c².
January Walker proposed adopting information particle or 'Infoton' as a formal term in quantum information physics to denote the quantized unit of information derived from combining Landauer's principle E ≥ kBTln2 with Einsteins E = mc². The terminological framework Infoton enables analysis of information- phenomena at sub-atomic scales through m(T) = kBTln2/c².
At room temperature (300K), the mass of a single infoton is approximately 10⁻³⁸ kilograms—vanishingly small, yet measurable in aggregate across biological, planetary, & computational infrastructure.
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1. Any representative from the business applications development company Infor who is provided and or hired by a client to guide, train, or assist in the planning, installation, deployment, or configuration. An inforon must exhibit a combination of the following characteristics:
Inability or Unwillingness to listen to or act on the requests of the client.
Lack of training or lack of ability to learn the finer (or greater) details of how their software works.
Lack of training or lack of ability to apply to concepts and methodologies of their product to a real world environment.
Are unable to think outside the box
Are unaware that they are even in "the box"
Come in late due to being compelled to appear in court as a defendant
More often leave questions unanswered than not
May try and claim that under the laws of linear algebra 2+2=5
Try to convince you that they know how to run your company better than you do
Are not sure how to buy a mop
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