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On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:29:22 +0100, Clive Arthur
<clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

>On 29/09/2024 10:10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>
>> He doesn't have to. John has this screening technique he uses for job
>> applicants. He shows them a diagram of two 1k resistors in series with
>> 10V across them and asks them what the voltage where they join is. If
>> they freak out, burst into tears or defenestrate themselves, he knows
>> not to hire them. :-)
>
>Doesn't mean much as specified.  Voltage with respect to what?

The planet that we all share. It should be obvious in the sketch that
I draw.