Re: OT: volt and current (ALSA sound recording frustration)
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 potential?
>>>> You mean, in principle? Of course.
>>> It takes energy to defect particles or to change the shape of a
>>> crystal, doesn't it? You would be observing/measuring effects and
>>> *deduce* that there is a potential, but that is different from
>>> observing/measuring the potential itself, isn't it?
>>
>> Yes, it takes energy. It doesn't take current.
>
> Actually, it does. Energy (power) is voltage * current. Without
> current, you have no energy.
Wrong.
>> 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.
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Ken Irving
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