Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: A Complex Metaphysical Conundrum Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:06:57 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <0svf1jlfc6c9628bmu16psve0lok99cb4b@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:07:03 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="64360"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:WKMRkNbZS61pFI99o6gnDQ1LTwo= sha256:TEiEFaB/y7oUEyBgukAdcBnObTqf4CFXj92GoRZBpJo= sha1:bXY+i/W28IennPt+Y9RNMUMZNSY= sha256:C6F+Zrtwq0BqB5pp5/tArCCE7NLiuMi9GsWbj05jugc= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Bytes: 3377 "John Larkin" wrote in message news:sr0g1jd1bc8m0p73528k2rsro5hi0v7is3@4ax.com... > On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:20:28 +0100, Cursitor Doom > wrote: > >>On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:15:07 -0700, John Larkin >> wrote: >> >>>On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:16:20 +0200, Jeroen Belleman >>> wrote: >>> >>>>On 4/11/24 14:58, Cursitor Doom wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:50:14 +0200, Jeroen Belleman >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 4/10/24 23:42, Cursitor Doom wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:11:53 +0200, Jeroen Belleman >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 4/10/24 19:02, Cursitor Doom wrote: >>>>>>>>> Gentlemen, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is an exam question that trips up even some of the best >>>>>>>>> students. >>>>>>>>> See what you make of it! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Q: Is this statement correct: 'The signal level at the modem input >>>>>>>>> increased by 2dBmV going from +3dBmV to +5dBmV.' >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Your pal, CD. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Haven't we had a discussion about this already some four years ago? >>>>>>>> Weren't you Don Kuenz then? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jeroen Belleman >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't recall any such discussion and no, I'm not Don Kuenz either. >>>>>> >>>>>> Allright then. The statement is wrong. An increase is in dB, not >>>>>> in dBmV. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nice, unequivocal answer there, Jeroen; many thanks. >>>> >>>>If you really want to open a can of worms, consider what might >>>>happen when you *add* a 2dBmV and a 3dBmV signal together. >>> >>>The sum could be 1 dBmV. >> >>If out of phase, or >> >>If taught by the Nu Mathematics. > > What is -2 volts in dBmV? > Probably unhandled exception in log function or something like that :)