On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:12:50 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

I don't
think anyone is stupid enough to assert that the phase shift
in a capacitor is the same as it is in the absence of any
physical impedance discontinuity.

Capacitance is not obtained in a physical impedance discontinuity?
or is it:
Physical impedance discontinuity is not obtained from a capacitor?
or is it:
Could be either is inside a box, supplying only the terminals to
either; specifically either of which is indeterminate at a single
frequency where the terminals might present 43.4 degrees? (or any
suitable angle)

There are any number of stupid choices available. The question is:
Has your netzheimers progressed so far as to add another one?

At 800 postings, the odds must be distinctly favoring stupid.

Make it the daily-double:
Does a stupid math error make the answer valid?