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Actually, you haven't provided anything useful along the lines of
"tips" and you avoided responding to a previous reply of mine....but
anyway, what you say is interesting:

You are wrong in assuming the current flows in only one direction


O.K., then please let me know how current would not flow in only one
direction in the following example:

If the low peak of the sine wave (and the rest of the the sine wave for
that matter) is "fully" above the "zero" reference point, then isn't it
true that the current DOES NOT alternate?


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Again, is the term "DC Sine Wave" problematic because it is
fundametnally wrong


Yes. DC by definition is zero frequency


Nice parse-job.....here's my original entire comment in context:

Again, is the term "DC Sine Wave" problematic because it is
fundametnally wrong OR is it problematic because it is at odds with
conventional terminology and nomenclature


You conveinently left out the "OR...." part. You actually proved my
point that DC is DEFINED (i.e. by convention) as "zero frequency".
Is it that weird to posit that the superior concept with respect to
considering any signal as AC or DC, be the actual NET current flow? I
could see your point if signals were classified as either "ZF" ("zero
frequency") or "NZF" (non-zero frequency") but we are dealing with "DC"
or "AC"

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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:33:11 -0700, Bob Penoyer wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 04:12:52 GMT, "NSM" wrote:


wrote in message
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Again, is the term "DC Sine Wave" problematic because it is
fundametnally wrong


Yes. DC by definition is zero frequency.


Um, no. DC is Direct Current, i.e., current that flows in one
direction. For example, the output from a rectifier is DC but it
certainly isn't "zero frequency."


No, it is NOT DC. Sometimes when speaking casually people call it DC, but
more often it will be called rectified AC.

I agree with you that DC stands for Direct Current. But what is the
logical meaning of that? Who knows. The bottom line is that when a
waveform varies with time, it is NOT DC in popular useage.

I'm setting followups to sci.electronics.design.

--Mac



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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:10:04 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:

If the low peak of the sine wave (and the rest of the the sine wave for
that matter) is "fully" above the "zero" reference point, then isn't it
true that the current DOES NOT alternate? That is to say, that current
only flows in one direction....i.e. "direct current"? Isn't it also
true that if the low peak of the sine wave is -0.00001V then the sine
wave results in current flowing in both direction (albeit for a
nanosecond)....i.e. "alternating current".....I'm not arguing that my
use of nomenclature is "pure" or conventional....but I don't see how it
is fundamentally wrong, without merit, or lacking a reasonable
basis.....


To an electrical engineer, at least, DC means time invariant. I suppose DC
and AC have become misnomers. For example, a sinusoidal Voltage waveform
across an open circuit would be called AC even though no current flows.

And the voltage across a battery's terminals would be called DC even if
there is no load, and hence no current.

If you talk to EE's, you will have to get used to them using the terms
this way.

I am not sure where to set followups to, so I guess I'll just post to all
four groups, and leave followups unset.

--Mac

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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:24:24 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:

I concede my terminology is anti-convention, and "wrong" (with respect
to convention) BUT I disagree with you he

but do not try to communicate with anybody, because they will misunderstand you


If you were given a sheet of paper a week ago, with only the phrase "a
fully DC sine wave" on it, and you were asked to come up with as many
realistic possible meanings, I have to believe that you could have only
come up with one (and rather quickly)

If true, then your statement:

But because of the convention we keep up with the old definition to allow a communication with others.


would hold true about "a fully DC sine wave" with respect to
convention/"old definition" but not with respect to "communication" or
ambiguity....while not "pure" or conventionally correct, is there
really any other possible interpretation of "a fully DC sine wave" and
therefore wouldn't you agree that being a "hyper-stickler" on this
point is really not justifiable?

Again, isn't there more ambiguity (poorer communication) in your
description:

The signal would be said to have a DC-component (of the average value) and an AC-component
(of the rms value minus the DC)


versus:

a "fully DC sine wave" versus "a partially DC-offset AC sine wave"


Ban and others are trying to educate you. You are resisting fiercely.

As I said elsewhere, DC and AC have become (or perhaps always
were) misnomers. In electrical engineering circles, the terms can be
applied to ANY signal, even if there is no current at all.

DC can be thought of as the average value of a waveform, or the zero
frequency component, or the offset, in case of a sinewave.

Your term "DC sine wave" makes you sound ignorant of engineering
terminology. If that is not a good enough reason for you to drop it, then
maybe you should avoid future posts to sci.electronics.design, where many
or most of the posters are electrical engineers.

--Mac

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The term DC sine wave is much like Magellan still claiming
the world is flat after he circumnavigated the earth.

Your wave could be a sine wave with a DC offset voltage. Or
what you are calling DC might be either a step function or an
impulse. DC would make the capacitors and inductors
irrelevant in your original question. Your question is about
L, R, and C. Therefore DC is not part of the discussion.

Now, what kind of waves (sine, exponential, step, impulse,
etc) - waves singlely or combined - do you want to ask your
LRC questions about? There is no possible answer if asking
about a DC sine wave. Move on to ask about waves that really
do exist.

wrote:
If the low peak of the sine wave (and the rest of the the sine wave for
that matter) is "fully" above the "zero" reference point, then isn't it
true that the current DOES NOT alternate? That is to say, that current
only flows in one direction....i.e. "direct current"? Isn't it also
true that if the low peak of the sine wave is -0.00001V then the sine
wave results in current flowing in both direction (albeit for a
nanosecond)....i.e. "alternating current".....I'm not arguing that my
use of nomenclature is "pure" or conventional....but I don't see how it
is fundamentally wrong, without merit, or lacking a reasonable
basis.....

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Go back to the original few posts to see how it got started....despite
being explicit about the specs of the wave, someone childishly objected
to my casual usage of "DC sine wave".....would it have been
objectionable had I used "a fully DC-offset sine wave"?......again,
I've never claimed that I was using "official" or
conventionally-correct teminology or nomenclature....I just really
object that anyone would object to what I was saying, when its meaning
was explicitly stated (using actual numbers) and the phrase "fully DC
sine wave", although conventionly queer, is not at all cryptic or hard
to figure out......if I were a chemist and someone said "200 degrees
above the freezing point of water", I wouldn't mock them, just
respectfully point out that it's more common to say "20 degrees above
the boiling point of water".....I would consider the person ignorant of
the conventional terminology, but I would consider the person dead-on
if he were talking about 232 degrees F.



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Go back to the original few posts to see how it got started....despite
being explicit about the specs of the wave, someone childishly objected
to my casual usage of "DC sine wave".....would it have been
objectionable had I used "a fully DC-offset sine wave"?......again,
I've never claimed that I was using "official" or
conventionally-correct teminology or nomenclature....I just really
object that anyone would object to what I was saying, when its meaning
was explicitly stated (using actual numbers) and the phrase "fully DC
sine wave", although conventionly queer, is not at all cryptic or hard
to figure out......if I were a chemist and someone said "200 degrees
above the freezing point of water", I wouldn't mock them, just
respectfully point out that it's more common to say "20 degrees above
the boiling point of water".....I would consider the person ignorant of
the conventional terminology, but I would consider the person dead-on
if he were talking about 232 degrees F.

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Thank you for your comment, but I respectfully disagree....I could
really care less if someone used the correct terminology in describing
something, as long as I could understand what they were talking
about....in fact, I run into this situation alot - I never, ever,
correct the use of improper terminology (until the person is
finished)....I find it to be stifling of the other person and the point
they are trying to make.....thousands of times per day, people (in
industry) with only high school diplomas (or less) in industry make
absolutely brilliant observations and suggestions, but well over 80% of
these are ignored, poo-pooed or brushed-aside, by people with advanced
college degrees....many times, in part, due to the unsophisticated way
in which the ideas are expressed.....it definitely is frustrating
trying to understand what someone is saying when they use unfamilar or
unconventional terminology, but it really can pay off big to suffer
through it......

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On 6/10/05 10:53 PM, in article
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Agree?


No.



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wrote:
Thank you for your comment, but I respectfully disagree....I could
really care less if someone used the correct terminology in describing
something, as long as I could understand what they were talking
about....in fact, I run into this situation alot - I never, ever,
correct the use of improper terminology (until the person is
finished)....I find it to be stifling of the other person and the point
they are trying to make.....thousands of times per day, people (in
industry) with only high school diplomas (or less) in industry make
absolutely brilliant observations and suggestions, but well over 80% of
these are ignored, poo-pooed or brushed-aside, by people with advanced
college degrees....many times, in part, due to the unsophisticated way
in which the ideas are expressed.....it definitely is frustrating
trying to understand what someone is saying when they use unfamilar or
unconventional terminology, but it really can pay off big to suffer
through it......


"There's glory for you!"
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I
tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' "
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,' " Alice
objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone,
"it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
"The question is, " said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so
many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty. "which is to be master—that's
all."

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I assume that you are meaning that you have 10vpp wave with 10vdc offset.
The answer is the latter, but the terminology that you are using is
incorrect. It is not all dc. It IS a varying current with a dc component.
The impedance must account for all factors.

Leonard

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2 questions about a fully DC Sine Wave....let's suppose you have a DC
Sine wave which varies from +5V to +15V peak-to-peak going into a load
with R, L, and C components.....

Question #1:
Is the load's impedance a function of R, L, and C (and wave frequency)
or is it simply just R (i.e. Z=R)? In other words does non-resistive
impedance (L + C) really only matter with an AC signal OR anytime
voltage varies periodically (even if it is all DC)?


Question #2:
Would a "regular" negative peak detector ciruit, like shown he


http://www.elektroda.net/cir/index/D...CTOR.htmgative


work for the DC Wave described? Will it output +5V or do negative peak
detectors only work for AC signals?

Thank you.



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cross posting corrected

It is not childish to correct something that does not follow convention and
does not make sense. You have been given the answer to your question
several times and continue to argue your terminology makes sense.
Apparently you do not understand that dc has a specific meaning and a sine
wave is not dc. You described a signal that had both as components. The
effect on the dc component is the resistive part, the effect on the sine
wave is the impedance part. Calculating the impedance has to account for
the non-resistive effects.

Leonard

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Go back to the original few posts to see how it got started....despite
being explicit about the specs of the wave, someone childishly objected
to my casual usage of "DC sine wave".....would it have been
objectionable had I used "a fully DC-offset sine wave"?......again,
I've never claimed that I was using "official" or
conventionally-correct teminology or nomenclature....I just really
object that anyone would object to what I was saying, when its meaning
was explicitly stated (using actual numbers) and the phrase "fully DC
sine wave", although conventionly queer, is not at all cryptic or hard
to figure out......if I were a chemist and someone said "200 degrees
above the freezing point of water", I wouldn't mock them, just
respectfully point out that it's more common to say "20 degrees above
the boiling point of water".....I would consider the person ignorant of
the conventional terminology, but I would consider the person dead-on
if he were talking about 232 degrees F.



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wrote in message
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I concede my terminology is anti-convention, and "wrong" (with respect
to convention) BUT I disagree with you he

but do not try to communicate with anybody, because they will

misunderstand you

If you were given a sheet of paper a week ago, with only the phrase "a
fully DC sine wave" on it, and you were asked to come up with as many
realistic possible meanings, I have to believe that you could have only
come up with one (and rather quickly)


On the other hand, given a sheet of paper with a drawing of your waveform on
it, I don't think too many readers would have described it as "a fully DC
sine wave".


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Thank you for your comment, but I respectfully disagree


Another irritating newbie habit you have is replying without keeping at
least a pip of the message to which you are replying.





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On 11 Jun 2005 00:12:53 -0700, wrote:

Thank you for your comment, but I respectfully disagree....I could
really care less if someone used the correct terminology in describing
something, as long as I could understand what they were talking
about....in fact, I run into this situation alot - I never, ever,
correct the use of improper terminology (until the person is
finished)


Ignorance, be not proud.

Nobody interrupted your first post; that's the one of the beauties of
usenet. You get to have your say without interruption. Nobody tried
to correct your improper use of terminology until you were well
finished with your first post.

....I find it to be stifling of the other person and the point
they are trying to make.....thousands of times per day, people (in
industry) with only high school diplomas (or less) in industry make
absolutely brilliant observations and suggestions, but well over 80% of
these are ignored, poo-pooed or brushed-aside, by people with advanced
college degrees....many times, in part, due to the unsophisticated way
in which the ideas are expressed


And is it characteristic of these people that when somebody freely
offers to help them learn to express their ideas better, they react as
you have here? Strongly resisting and refusing to learn?

.....it definitely is frustrating
trying to understand what someone is saying when they use unfamilar or
unconventional terminology, but it really can pay off big to suffer
through it......



How much more might it pay off if the person using the unfamiliar
terminology learns the conventions?

And, it certainly hasn't paid off big here. The majority of your
postings have been argument about terminology, rather than attempts to
get your questions answered.

You came to this newsgroup seeking instruction in electronics, an area
where you apparently lack extensive training. Your question # 1 is
ill-posed, and when you were offered instruction, you resisted with
vociferous arrogance. There is a considerable body of knowledge about
electricity, with a standard terminology. Why should we who would
instruct you use your sui generis terminology rather than you use the
standard language? Part of answering such an ill-posed question is
teaching the proper way to ask, which the qroup was willing to do, but
you want to bite the hand that feeds you.
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Don Bowey wrote:

Here's one last tip to help you with the homework assignment I gave you
earlier: You are wrong in assuming the current flows in only one direction.


Indeed - depending on the configuration of the R, L, C combination there may no
DC component *at all* and the current would be purely a.c.

Graham

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"Bob Penoyer" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 04:12:52 GMT, "NSM" wrote:


wrote in message
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Again, is the term "DC Sine Wave" problematic because it is
fundametnally wrong


Yes. DC by definition is zero frequency.


Um, no. DC is Direct Current, i.e., current that flows in one
direction. For example, the output from a rectifier is DC but it
certainly isn't "zero frequency."


The output of a rectifier contains both AC and DC. You put a filter on it to
get close to pure DC.


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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:12:09 GMT, Mac wrote:

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Yes. DC by definition is zero frequency.


Um, no. DC is Direct Current, i.e., current that flows in one
direction. For example, the output from a rectifier is DC but it
certainly isn't "zero frequency."


No, it is NOT DC. Sometimes when speaking casually people call it DC, but
more often it will be called rectified AC.


Rectified AC _is_ DC. Now you might say, But it has a lot of AC stuff
riding on it and that makes it "rectified AC."

Okay, so let's hang a large capacitor across the rectifier's output.
Now, assuming there is some sort of load connected to the rectifier,
there will still be ripple on the load--so there is still some AC
present. Is this still rectified AC? Using your definition, when does
the signal change from rectified AC to DC?

I agree with you that DC stands for Direct Current. But what is the
logical meaning of that? Who knows. The bottom line is that when a
waveform varies with time, it is NOT DC in popular useage.


As long as there is a finite load on the rectifier that I've
described, anything less than infinite capacitance will permit some
ripple to be present. So, since you say "... When a waveform varies
with time, it is NOT DC in popular useage," then the signal will never
become DC.

The simple truth is that a current flowing in only one direction is,
by definition, direct current. It might have AC riding on it, but if
it's direction doesn't change, it's DC.
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wrote in message
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Let me try this:

would you object to

"a sine wave which (net) results in a current that only flows in one
direction"


Yes, I would object. You can't predict that without knowing the whole
circuit. Connect your DC sine wave to a reactance and current (and energy)
will indeed flow in both directions.


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wrote:
2 questions about a fully DC Sine Wave....let's suppose you have a DC
Sine wave which varies from +5V to +15V peak-to-peak going into a load
with R, L, and C components.....

Question #1:
Is the load's impedance a function of R, L, and C (and wave frequency)
or is it simply just R (i.e. Z=R)? In other words does non-resistive
impedance (L + C) really only matter with an AC signal OR anytime
voltage varies periodically (even if it is all DC)?


jackbruce9--

You're getting a variety of answers because your input source shape is
vague--because of the terminology--let me try to help, you pick whats
best for your "DC sine wave."

1.Nonsinusoidal, nonperiodic source + RCL circuit--difficult to
analyze--requires calculus, Fourier analysis, and Lapace transforms

2.Nonsinusoidal periodic source + RCL circuit--difficult to
analyze--requires calculus and Fourier series

3.Sinusoidal source + RCL-- fairly easy to analyze--requires some work
with complex numbers

4.DC source + RCL--not so easy to analyze--requires calculus and
differential equations to understand what's really going over time

5.DC source + resistor only circuit--easy to analyze with algebra and
ohms law, Kirkoff etc.

So there you have it.

Good luck

Tut

Question #2:
Would a "regular" negative peak detector ciruit, like shown he

http://www.elektroda.net/cir/index/D...CTOR.htmgative


work for the DC Wave described? Will it output +5V or do negative peak
detectors only work for AC signals?

Thank you.


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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:28:09 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:
I would challenge you to prove that the term "DC sine wave" is
objectionable because it is fundamentally wrong as opposed to being at
odds with conventional terminology and nomenclature...


This is clearly a sucker bet. Anyone with common sense knows that
"conventional terminology and nomenclature" are already "fundamentally
wrong."

Notwithstanding there's no such thing as a "DC Sine Wave."

It's like saying, "I'd like some red paint, but in blue."

It's an oxymoron. (which I'd always thought was pimple cream for
retarded people).

"Since the sky is green, I guess I'll plant some bluegrass, and
paint my house clear."
--
Cheers!
Rich
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"The notorious Duchess of Peels
Saw a fisherman fishing for eels.
Said she, "Would you mind?
Shove one up my behind.
I am anxious to know how it feels.""



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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:59:03 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:

Right...but your reply actually doesn't address the NET effect......if
the wave had a DC-component of +2 V and an AC-component of 10Vpp, then
the wave would be NET AC (since its polarity changes
pos/neg/pos/etc.)......however if the DC-component was +10V instead,
then the wave would be NET DC (since its polarity never changes
polarity - i.e. always positive).....that is why I argue a "fully DC
sine wave" is a BETTER (albeit unconventional) and more concise way to
describe what I'm talking about (without using actual values) than the
conventional description you provided....your description is
ambiguos...could be NET "AC" (biphasic) or "DC" (monophasic)


Now, you're trolling.

**** off and read a ****ing book.

Then, ask in sci.electronics.basics, _after_ you "get" some BASICS.

Sheesh!
Rich



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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:24:24 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:

I concede my terminology is anti-convention, and "wrong" (with respect
to convention) BUT I disagree with you he

but do not try to communicate with anybody, because they will misunderstand you


If you were given a sheet of paper a week ago, with only the phrase "a
fully DC sine wave" on it, and you were asked to come up with as many
realistic possible meanings, I have to believe that you could have only
come up with one (and rather quickly)


If that happened to me, I would snitch out the teacher to the principal,
or snitch out the professor to the dean, because the teacher/prof is
obviously incompetent, and has no business teaching wholesale bull****
to impressionable students.

'nuff said?

Go read a _real_ book.

Sheesh!
Rich

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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:53:35 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:

I will absolutely buy what you said, but understand the import of what
you're saying....you're saying that the language of "AC" and "DC" has
essentially been somewhat *******ized from its original meanings to
also mean zero-frequency and non-zero-frequency signals. Therefore, to
describe a 10Vpp signal with a 10VDC offset as an "AC" signal is
actually contrary to the original connation of "alternating current"
since it (net) results in a signal which yields only a mono-directional
(i.e. direct) current flow (albeit time variant). So in a sense, you
could say I am holding "pure" to the original (circa 1890's) definition
of AC/DC while its use has been "officially" corrupted to cover the
concepts of "zero frequency" and "non-zero-freuency".

Agree?


I can't vouch for the historical facts, but as far as zero frequency and
non-zero-frequency goes, you are pretty much correct.

Another point to note is that many signals have both AC and DC. It is
not a dichotomy. The signal you mentioned at the start of this thread has
both AC and DC.

Historically, I think what happened is that the terms originally were used
to describe two competing power sources (the war between those who wanted
a DC power grid and those who wanted an AC power grid was surprisingly
fierce). Later, the terms started getting used to describe signals, and
that is probably when the shift to the ZF- and NZF-meaning happened.

Also, there may be people out there who still think of AC and DC in the
original sense (I'm not sure about this, but maybe people who work with
power stuff exclusively), but among electrical engineers, the signal
perspective prevails.

--Mac

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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:12:53 -0700, jackbruce9999 wrote:

Thank you for your comment, but I respectfully disagree....I could
really care less if someone used the correct terminology in describing
something, as long as I could understand what they were talking
about....in fact, I run into this situation alot - I never, ever,
correct the use of improper terminology (until the person is
finished)....I find it to be stifling of the other person and the point
they are trying to make.....thousands of times per day, people (in
industry) with only high school diplomas (or less) in industry make
absolutely brilliant observations and suggestions, but well over 80% of
these are ignored, poo-pooed or brushed-aside, by people with advanced
college degrees....many times, in part, due to the unsophisticated way
in which the ideas are expressed.....it definitely is frustrating
trying to understand what someone is saying when they use unfamilar or
unconventional terminology, but it really can pay off big to suffer
through it......


Well, look at it this way: almost all of us had to read your post twice
and think about it to make sure we understood the most likely meaning of
it.

If you worded it differently, the meaning would be crystal clear, and we
would only have to read it once. So in a sense, it is inconsiderate and a
waste of our time to post it in such a way that we can't immediately
understand. You can easily be forgiven for doing this once out of
ignorance.

Anyway, I agree that some people were rude to you. But you haven't exactly
showed yourself to be receptive to advice, either.

--Mac

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Let me try this:

would you object to

"a sine wave which (net) results in a current that only flows in one
direction"

if you buy that, would you then accept it to be partially condensed
into:

"a sine wave which (net) results in a non-polarity-alternating current"

if you buy that, would you then accept this:

"a sine wave which (net) results in a direct current"

and then

"a (net) direct current sine wave"



I object to all of the above. Go read Scroggie's "Second thoughts on Radio
Theory".

N




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Historically, I think what happened is that the terms originally were used
to describe two competing power sources (the war between those who wanted
a DC power grid and those who wanted an AC power grid was surprisingly
fierce). Later, the terms started getting used to describe signals, and
that is probably when the shift to the ZF- and NZF-meaning happened.


Pretty much. Even in other languages I believe that terminology is basic -
certainly German is the same (Gleichstrom. Wechselstrom.)

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On 11 Jun 2005 00:12:53 -0700, wrote:

Thank you for your comment, but I respectfully disagree....I could
really care less if someone used the correct terminology in describing
something, as long as I could understand what they were talking
about....


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That's because you want to excuse yourself for your faux pas by saying
that if someone else committed it you would ignore it as long as you
could understand what they were saying, so everyone should follow your
example. What you don't seem to understand is that unless they were
using the language properly, your take on what they meant to say might
be wrong. Your use of "DC sinewave" instead of "sinusoidally varying
DC" or "a sinusoidally varying unipolar voltage" is precisely that
sort of an occurrence and your use of "DC sinewave" was critcised
because there is no such thing as a DC sinewave. This is a technical
forum and, rather than argue with the people who have taken time out
of their lives to correct you, you should do as the Romans do and
adopt the language we use instead of trying to force us to try to
understand what you're trying to say on _your_ terms. Remember, it
was you who was looking for answers, not us.
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in fact, I run into this situation alot


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I'm sure you do.
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- I never, ever,
correct the use of improper terminology (until the person is
finished)....I find it to be stifling of the other person and the point
they are trying to make.....


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You may be relating to how you feel when you're corrected. I find
that many people accept correction graciously, and the sooner the
better in order to help them to keep from making fools of themselves
over and over again.
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You may have noticed thousands of times per day, people (in
industry) with only high school diplomas (or less) in industry make
absolutely brilliant observations and suggestions, but well over 80% of
these are ignored, poo-pooed or brushed-aside, by people with advanced
college degrees....


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I've never noticed that, and I doubt whether you have either or that
you have anything to prove that 80% number. Sounds more to me like
you have an axe to grind.
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many times, in part, due to the unsophisticated way
in which the ideas are expressed.....it definitely is frustrating
trying to understand what someone is saying when they use unfamilar or
unconventional terminology, but it really can pay off big to suffer
through it......


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And just what gifts do you have to offer us for suffering through
_your_ presentation?


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If you learn the math the definition of AC and DC is totally irrelevant.
Your original Question #1 indicates that you don't know the math. That is
fine; it is something you can learn, but no amount of quibbling over
semantics is going to change the principles of circuits.

Forget the encyclopedia, learn differential equations instead. Encyclopedia
are for junior high school kids.

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I will absolutely buy what you said, but understand the import of what
you're saying....you're saying that the language of "AC" and "DC" has
essentially been somewhat *******ized from its original meanings to
also mean zero-frequency and non-zero-frequency signals. Therefore, to
describe a 10Vpp signal with a 10VDC offset as an "AC" signal is
actually contrary to the original connation of "alternating current"
since it (net) results in a signal which yields only a mono-directional
(i.e. direct) current flow (albeit time variant). So in a sense, you
could say I am holding "pure" to the original (circa 1890's) definition
of AC/DC while its use has been "officially" corrupted to cover the
concepts of "zero frequency" and "non-zero-freuency".

Agree?



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