I probably spelled it wrong in the first place. With all that "atom sharing stuff" Big Daddy said, it reminded me of how a transistor works. 3 or less electrons in the outer shell of an atom, it's an insulator. 6 or more, its a conductor. 4 or 5 and it's stuff that they make transistors out of. The spot where electrons travel from one region to the next in a semi-conductor (transistor in this case) is the dethnium (sic?) center. What's even trickier is 'splaining hole flow after 'splaining electron flow. But that was a looooooonnnnnnggggggg time ago. But if it only takes 3 licks, then it would never work becuase the ol' electrons wouldn't flow in the first place. Now days I just "look for the results", like I don't give a rats a$$ any more why or how it works, all I care about is that it DOES work so the skipper of the base doesn't call me for one of those "quality talks."
My life... Mind full of "CLIFF CLAVEN" stuff.
Steve