Dee,

Excellent point. I was going for the latter - sound is best defined
as vibrations detected by the ear. Vibrations are of course created
by the trww falling, but remain only vibrations until the ear receives
them. As I understand it, anyway.

And the tree, both the one that made the sound and the metaphoric
'tree' referred to in the posting is very much still there!

73, Leo

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:06:30 GMT, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:


"Leo" wrote in message
.. .
Oops - missed that one! I was playing on the old "if a tree falls in
the woods, and no one hears, does it make a sound?" riddle.

You are absolutely correct - there is no sound, but the tree is still
there all right

Good one - thanks, Dick!

73, Leo


You've got to define sound first. For example if you simply define it as
waveforms in the air, then yes it does make a sound. However if you define
it as the result when waveforms in the air are converted to a form that can
be interpreted by the brain, then it doesn't make a sound.

Either way though you are right that the tree is still there.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE