Resistance isn't analog.

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Post #188,528

by Another Scott

12/29/04 8:19:38 PM

Resistance isn't analog.

We all recall Ohm's Law, right?

V = I*R

or

R = V / I

I is electric current, V is electric potential drop, R is resistance. Electric current is usually carried by electrons. Quanta. :-)

Cheers,
Scott.
(In the end, everything's digital...)

Post #188,529

12/29/04 8:21:51 PM

It is, however, useless (and/or futile).

Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

Post #188,530

by Another Scott

12/29/04 8:23:41 PM

Help! There's a punster amongst us! :-D

Post #188,544

12/30/04 6:40:22 AM

Right. It's a particle. No, it's a wave. It's a wavicle.

Di-gi-tal - a purely jelloware invention to accomodate the turgid mentation of the current dominant species, (in its waning tenure; soon to be replaced by Gaia for incorrigible vandalism - I hear).

But since 'DC' is YAN approximation - for convenience in calculation - we'd best go back to impedance and all that successive approximation with umm fluxions and their successors.

(And yes, I know that - as Bob Pease has reported.. there are certain lo-noise jFets with which you can virtually 'count' these handy 'electron' thingies, in the fA range - see, I said it would get down to epistemology, especially for those folks who still imagine the merely observable-part of the Cosmos can be squashed into some digital format.)

Next we'd have to take on the 'unit of length' and that awkward infinite-digit wavelength of a certain bunch of excited Cs atoms -- ya can't measure the current/time without a length and time Ref. Or is time er 'corpuscular', too? But is it Real? Got a time-arrow handy re the anti-matter conundrum?

And so it goes. A digital Cosmos is a Neoconman/Bushie-style Cosmos; an analog Cosmos is a Mozartean Cosmos. Pick your World.

Carefully. j-;

(In the end, everything's ~~digital...~~ up-for-Grabs)
Love. It.

Post #188,557

12/30/04 11:36:28 AM

Irony writ large

A digital Cosmos is $foo; an analog Cosmos is $bar. Pick your World.

Nice argument against digital thinking there, Ash. :-P

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Post #188,569

12/30/04 12:35:17 PM

*GRIN*

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Post #188,636

12/30/04 10:31:51 PM

There are [n \ufffd sq.root (-1)] 'worlds'.___At least.__ Enjoy!

Happy winter solstice, y'all! - (a6l6e6x) - (55) - Dec. 21, 2004, 07:54:14 AM EST

**shiver** Thanx, I think... *shiver** - (jb4) - (42) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:10:51 AM EST

'Taint cold, just cool. - (jbrabeck) - (41) - Dec. 21, 2004, 12:04:08 PM EST

hehehehe - (jake123) - Dec. 21, 2004, 01:59:30 PM EST

Psycho - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Dec. 21, 2004, 01:59:47 PM EST

Eh, you'll get used to it. - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Dec. 21, 2004, 02:25:12 PM EST

I definitely see why there are 3 hot beverage shops - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2004, 03:39:32 PM EST

That's for the Californians. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 21, 2004, 03:47:48 PM EST

Well, yesterday morning it was 13 F (-10.5 C) here. - (a6l6e6x) - (35) - Dec. 21, 2004, 02:40:56 PM EST

I went to a Christmas party on the weekend... - (Meerkat) - (34) - Dec. 21, 2004, 10:08:27 PM EST

Actually, that would be ten below freezing, that would. -NT - (CRConrad) - (32) - Dec. 22, 2004, 03:19:48 AM EST

Below??? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (31) - Dec. 22, 2004, 04:13:32 PM EST

He's on the other side of the equator, so it's backwards.... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2004, 05:34:17 PM EST

Come, now! Do I *ever*?!? -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 23, 2004, 04:29:24 PM EST

Yep. 'Coz if it were + 10 C, it would'a been ten C *warm*... -NT - (CRConrad) - (28) - Dec. 23, 2004, 04:27:07 PM EST

Tsk, tsk - (ben_tilly) - (27) - Dec. 23, 2004, 04:53:16 PM EST

Yeah, well, "tsk, tsk" yersel' - whogivesaflying... - (CRConrad) - (26) - Dec. 23, 2004, 05:14:41 PM EST

If I ever take up Swedish, I'll keep that tip in mind - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 23, 2004, 07:08:35 PM EST

Australianisms. - (static) - (22) - Dec. 23, 2004, 07:26:52 PM EST

It is the same usage where I've been in the USA - (ben_tilly) - (21) - Dec. 23, 2004, 09:17:55 PM EST

...on BOTH scales! -NT - (jb4) - (20) - Dec. 27, 2004, 10:11:50 AM EST

But not on Kelvin - (ben_tilly) - (19) - Dec. 27, 2004, 04:15:39 PM EST

Kelvin is for geeks who insist on unsigned longs! -NT - (jb4) - (18) - Dec. 28, 2004, 09:39:54 AM EST

Temperature is not an integer! -NT - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Dec. 28, 2004, 06:34:46 PM EST

uuuuhhh.... - (jb4) - (16) - Dec. 28, 2004, 06:48:51 PM EST

Not quite quickly enough - (ben_tilly) - (15) - Dec. 28, 2004, 08:09:34 PM EST

Sounds like a reason to use decimal, to me. -NT - (FuManChu) - Dec. 29, 2004, 01:46:18 AM EST

Which 'property' has the greatest range? - (Ashton) - (13) - Dec. 29, 2004, 03:21:11 AM EST

Depends on the units, doesn't it? -NT - (drewk) - Dec. 29, 2004, 11:45:09 AM EST

I'd think photon flux would be way up there. - (Another Scott) - (10) - Dec. 29, 2004, 12:15:02 PM EST

I prefer High Energy Protons. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2004, 12:33:53 PM EST

Took me a loooooooooong time to think to Google on that. ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 29, 2004, 11:43:09 PM EST

Re: I'd think photon flux would be way up there. - (Ashton) - (7) - Dec. 29, 2004, 07:19:41 PM EST

Resistance isn't analog. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Dec. 29, 2004, 08:19:38 PM EST

It is, however, useless (and/or futile). -NT - (Meerkat) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2004, 08:21:51 PM EST

Help! There's a punster amongst us! :-D -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 29, 2004, 08:23:41 PM EST

Right. It's a particle. No, it's a wave. It's a wavicle. - (Ashton) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2004, 06:40:22 AM EST

Irony writ large - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 30, 2004, 11:36:28 AM EST

*GRIN* -NT - (imric) - Dec. 30, 2004, 12:35:17 PM EST

There are [n \ufffd sq.root (-1)] 'worlds'.___At least.__ Enjoy! -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 30, 2004, 10:31:51 PM EST

well that would be reasonable as their is no known upper - (daemon) - Dec. 29, 2004, 07:30:03 PM EST

I want to lambast you - (Silverlock) - (1) - Dec. 23, 2004, 08:59:40 PM EST

what does cooking mutton have to do with CRC? -NT - (daemon) - Dec. 23, 2004, 09:10:07 PM EST

It's all relative. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 22, 2004, 01:10:01 PM EST

Merry meet again - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 21, 2004, 01:11:16 PM EST

GRR____LRPD____ and Now! - (Ashton) - Dec. 21, 2004, 10:27:33 PM EST

Re: Happy winter solstice, y'all! - (rcareaga) - (3) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:32:08 PM EST

Your mother was an astronaut? - (Another Scott) - (2) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:35:19 PM EST

Re: Your mother was an astronaut? - (rcareaga) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:45:19 PM EST

Ha! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:46:59 PM EST

Today's high temp down here - (lincoln) - (3) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:52:20 PM EST

Come here, lots of frost - (Nightowl) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2004, 11:55:07 PM EST

That's a heatwave. Current -2\ufffdF, Wind -16\ufffdF. :-) -NT - (jbrabeck) - Dec. 22, 2004, 08:37:32 AM EST

High today: 19F - (Yendor) - Dec. 22, 2004, 07:45:05 AM EST

Thanks and You, too. 'Tis the true reason for the season ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - Dec. 29, 2004, 09:03:19 AM EST

May the Bluebird of Happiness fly up your nose - (Ashton) - Dec. 29, 2004, 07:21:48 PM EST

They done be drunk. What more could you ask for?
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