Peter T. Daniels ran out of electrical outlets; states rewiring entire house to be the only feasible solution.
in [Physics]
|
Prev: Most meteorites contain fossil bone remains
Next: Will simple questions defeat Porat .. lets see if they do.
From: Mark Edwards on 1 Apr 2010 07:48 No cluons were harmed when J. Clarke wrote: >What is the resistance of an angel anyway? Let's hook up a meter and turn up the voltage. A little more... a little more... a little mo- *POP!*. Um. The resistance of an angel is infinity. Mark Edwards -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request
From: Otto Bahn on 1 Apr 2010 09:56 "PaulJK" <paul.kriha(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote >>>>>>>>>> Resistance is the opposition offered by a body or substance to >>>>>>>>>> the passage through it of an electric current. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Quantitative definition, please, not just a description. Here >>>>>>>>> is a 1N4002 diode: How would you determine its resistance? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Slowly increase the voltage across it until it goes "pop". >>>>>>>> It's resistance is now pretty much infinite for any value >>>>>>>> of voltage you're likely to apply. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Pretty much infinite". Is that an engineering term? >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, when we don't feel like calculating at what voltage arcing >>>>>> across the gap might occur. >>>>> >>>>> There's no gap in a semiconductor diode.... >>>> >>>> Even after it's gone "pop"? >>> >>> No, there's usually no gap. >>> The semiconductor diods I used to torture to death >>> usually exhibited near zero resistance in both directions >>> after they've gone "pop". Of course the "pop" was usually >>> accompanied by a more spectacular and loud "kha-boom" >>> from the nearby fuses. >> >> The red one's I popped most definitely had a visible gap >> inside the plastic and did not conduct electricity. > > Who is the red one? In bed with Ned, Ted, and Ed. --oTTo--
From: Otto Bahn on 1 Apr 2010 10:03 "Mark Edwards" <Mark-Edwards(a)comcast.net> wrote >>What is the resistance of an angel anyway? > > Let's hook up a meter and turn up the voltage. A little more... a little > more... a little mo- *POP!*. > > Um. The resistance of an angel is infinity. Some baby bunny just got its wings. --oTTo--
From: David DeLaney on 1 Apr 2010 05:16 Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwards(a)comcast.net> wrote: >[Ohm's Law arguments] >No cluons were harmed when ke10(a)cam.ac.uk wrote: >>That would be a tenable view, but asserting that either definition is >>fundamentally wrong is about as much use as disputing about angels >> on the head of a pin. > >I find your attempt to use Ohm's Law to zap angels vaguely disturbing. I wish to see further development of this MMORPG. Dave "BY THE POWER OF THE MOON!" DeLaney -- \/David DeLaney posting from dbd(a)vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
From: David DeLaney on 1 Apr 2010 05:21
On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:51:19 +1200, PaulJK <paul.kriha(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote: >Otto Bahn wrote: >> "PaulJK" <paul.kriha(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote i >>>> Just because there's a few misbehaving conductors doesn't mean >>>> the rest of us shouldn't obey Ohm's law. >>> >>> But it applies even to the conductor of Boston Philharmonic. >> >> If you are altnernating the conductors, then you have to call >> it impedence. > >Alternator alternates conductors. And the pusher robot PUSHES. >The one that doesn't alternate is Dynamo. ....I don't think I know that Transformer. Lots42? Can you advise? Dave -- \/David DeLaney posting from dbd(a)vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K. |