tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7930528257167296257..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Base What?Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-17655561957189718152010-02-19T22:55:27.100-05:002010-02-19T22:55:27.100-05:00I spent a couple of minutes explaining to a co-wor...I spent a couple of minutes explaining to a co-worker in the electronics biz why 1+1=10. He got it. <br /><br />Hint: count to one, then on the next count, carry.Ritchienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-49271383189884474832010-02-19T21:52:10.357-05:002010-02-19T21:52:10.357-05:00This is the proper approach: http://xkcd.com/670/
...This is the proper approach: http://xkcd.com/670/<br />Randall Monroe rocks; igneus, sedimentary, and metamorphic.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448124833598565813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86381927225028722102010-02-19T20:53:00.549-05:002010-02-19T20:53:00.549-05:00Ok, he who laughs last thinks slowest, but I got i...Ok, he who laughs last thinks slowest, but I got it now.<br /><br />Well done.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-34888642652109332862010-02-19T20:44:15.940-05:002010-02-19T20:44:15.940-05:00E. B., Stranger: please see the link.E. B., Stranger: please see the link.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-79275622164865948812010-02-19T15:56:52.375-05:002010-02-19T15:56:52.375-05:00I have nothing to add, really, other than that you...I have nothing to add, really, other than that you should win an internet for that title.<br /><br />("These go to three!")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65988260869517859052010-02-19T12:23:43.779-05:002010-02-19T12:23:43.779-05:00Turn it to eleven is a hyperbolic comment. Much li...Turn it to eleven is a hyperbolic comment. Much like "flank power" in conning a ship. <br /><br />Few pots were actually linear, most were log, log log, or anti-log taper, depending on what you were doing. <br /><br />The most common "radio store" pots from Clarostat or Yaxley were log for audio, designed so the arbitrary scale provided apparently equal volume increments between graduations. <br /><br />Nowadays, few "volume controls" are in the audio chain, merely controlling the gain of a device in that chain so there's no easy guess for taper. And the scale is just there for looks. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-53929423684410183632010-02-19T11:39:02.038-05:002010-02-19T11:39:02.038-05:00Sudden thought (in response to Comrade's comme...Sudden thought (in response to Comrade's comment)... Has modern practice made "turn it up to 11" dependent on a now-vanished context?<br /><br />And do they even put numbers on mixer faders anymore?<br /><br />(I recall freaking out the first time I encountered a fader with a decibel scale- "what's with this 'infinity'???")Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-56955805082143546542010-02-19T10:25:21.888-05:002010-02-19T10:25:21.888-05:00I've never understood the "turn it up to ...I've never understood the "turn it up to 11" mindset. If one end of the pot is 0% output and the other end is 100% output, what is marked around the edge of the dial is pretty dam arbitrary, I would think.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.com