Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:10:17PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > >> BTW, I agree a bit with an earlier poster that you a being a bit of a > >> twat. This mailing list isn't really appropriate for epistemological > >> discussions. > > > > Me, three. > > One more. Hm, it's interesting to see how u

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:36:58PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > Is it even possible to measure a mere po

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Andrew Reid
On Friday 28 November 2008 16:28, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > > > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > > > You mean, in principle? Of course. > > > > Put your two wires of unknown p

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 2008 November 28 17:36, Napoleon wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > >>> On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > Is it even possible to measure a mere potent

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? You mean, in principle? Of course. It takes energy to defec

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flowing b

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:24:18PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > I'm no EE, and I may be wrong about this, but I think you're confusing > "voltage" (difference in potential) with "volt" (a specific amount of > difference in potential). You are right, I confused that, sorry. -- "Don't let them,

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration) >Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:16:47 -0200 > >>lee escreveu: >>> On Fri, Nov 28, 200

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:14:16PM -0600, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > > lee wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > >>> lee wrote: > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > >>> Of course. That's what volta

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Kent West
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, vol

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 2008 November 28 15:28, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > > On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > > > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > > > You mean, in principle? Of course. > > It takes energy to defect particles o

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:48:59PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: >>> lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? >>> Of course. That's what voltage is. >> >> Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flow

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:10:32PM -0600, lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences between them. This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. If y

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flowing because of how voltage is defined. No current <--> no voltage, and volt

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:19:13PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:10:32PM -0600, lee wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > > between them. > > > > > > This

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 04:13:21PM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > > Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > You mean, in principle? Of course. > > Put your two wires of unknown potential difference at > opposite ends of an evacuated t

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:10:32PM -0600, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > between them. > > > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. > > If

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> Is it even possible to measure a mere potential? > > Of course. That's what voltage is. Hm, true, voltage is impossible without current flowing because of how voltage is defined. No current <--> no voltage, and voltage is s

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Andrew Reid
On Friday 28 November 2008 14:10, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > between them. > > > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. > > If you have a mu

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Napoleon
lee wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences between them. This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. If you have a multimeter that can measure voltage or current, bo

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 13:10:32 -0600, lee wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > > between them. > > > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. > > If y

Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
lee escreveu: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > >> A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences >> between them. >> >> This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. >> > > If you have a multimeter that can m

OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)

2008-11-28 Thread lee
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59:06PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > A voltmeter has two connectors and shows the potential differences > between them. > > This is unlike an Ampermeter that shows the current flowing through it. If you have a multimeter that can measure voltage or current, both mode