> Bosons are NOT virtual particles. Bosons are just the force carrying particles
> (photons, gluons, W and Z bosons) which have whole number spins.

..what about the "particles" that do not carry force are they the lame particles...

> Virtual particles are theoretical particles that have never been observed and are
> postulated to come into existence in pairs (of particle and antiparticle) for extremely
> short times (in order not to violate the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle).

I love those. They fit in very nicely with my virtual reality models...

..and these "antiparticles", those are my kind of "particles" since they just don't like being particles at all...

Maybe they have an agenda...

> Let's not muddy the water.

Of course not...These particle physicists explanations are already extremely clear...

+-wirelessguru1