Can we stop calling regular cigs "Analogs"?
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But a light switch, OTOH...
Dimmers? Let us not go there. Instead I'll leave you with a bit of fortune cookie wisdom: "Digital circuits are made from analog parts."
* Levitates outta here *
I like the term and will continue to use it as I have all along.
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It is sort of like with disc golf; they like to refer to 'regular' or 'normal' golf as ball golf. You know, disc golf is still golf, 'normal' golf is a little offensive.
I just don't know why OP cares what other people call it, as long as other people know what they're talking about.
I usually say "tobacco" or "using/smoking tobacco" because I like to emphasize that I am not a tobacco user. No in fact that I have quit using tobacco - because it flies in the face of the "anti-tobacco" people and groups that insist that we all quit tobacco.
"I have quit tobacco. What do you people want from me??"
I usually say "tobacco" or "using/smoking tobacco" because I like to emphasize that I am not a tobacco user. No in fact that I have quit using tobacco - because it flies in the face of the "anti-tobacco" people and groups that insist that we all quit tobacco.
"I have quit tobacco. What do you people want from me??"
Digital means representing signals by discrete bands of analog levels, rather than by a continuous range. Your example of binary code is a subset of that, rather than the definition.
But that still does not have anything to do with why cigarettes are called analogs here. Words in the English language do not need to be logical to be considered by the majority to be correct.
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actually a light switch is by its very nature digital because it works on a binary system. On and off. It does not necessarily need to process code. in essence a microprocessor is just a bunch of very small very fast binary switches. The way a computer sees data is just as a series of beeps, much like morse code (which has 3 digits but bear with me). Is morse code not digital because the equipment does not do the processing, but the operator does? Does that make the operator digital?
Also, not all dimmer switches are PWM voltage control. some are rheostats, which work much differently, varying the resistance so the bulb (in series with the dimmer) gets less amperage run through it for less wattage.
also also, insulting the intelligence/education of others is highly uncalled for. This forum is one of the last bastions of mature civilized discussion on an internet filled with your mom jokes and crude drawing of penises. please keep it that way
I'd be happy to call analogs by what I normally refer to them as these days... But I like posting here and I have chosen not to violate the T's & C's by using foul language and cussin up a storm...
Going on and off does not mean digital, because as mentioned, electronic circuits representing signals use discrete bands of analog levels, rather than by a continuous range. By your definition, ALL electronic circuits would be digital, which is absolutely not the case. When you simply turn a light on, it is continuous, it isn't a discrete band of analog levels.
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All of these keyboards go on and off, and are much more complex than a light switch or a dimmer, and they are 100% analog.
Analog synthesizer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saying a light switch is digital proves you have no idea what you are talking about.
Analog synthesizer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saying a light switch is digital proves you have no idea what you are talking about.
Morse code really tests semantics, because it is an on off code of five elements, it isn't binary (but can be represented in binary), and was originally transmitted on an analog circuit. If people can't understand the difference of analog and digital, they are really going to be confused with Morse code.
a computer keyboard is digital, it sends a series of beeps to a processor that interprets them and outputs them as a letter to the user interface/printer/whatever. An analog synth is analog because it makes sounds not with samples processed by digital microprocessors but with pure waveforms processed and modified by op amps, tubes and transistors. that's not hard, as its not hard to understand how the on/off pattern on a cd is digital, while the groove on a record is analog.
What is hard to understand is how you can think a binary switch isn't digital when its the very heart of all modern digital electronics. What else I cant understand is why you continue to insult members here when your own understanding has been shown to be flawed. The good news is you probably wont last long. people like you rarely do.
By that definition, every electronic circuit, anything that goes on and off, is digital, which is not true.
not even remotely. an o2 sensor is analog. A camshaft sensor is digital.
But are they stinky? I just thought that analog was a silly fun term that only us ecig forum used. Don't bug me any.
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People look at me weirdly when I speak of "tinned fruits."I find the near-universal use of "analog" to describe cigarettes as both odd and unnecessary; however nobody asked my opinion when it became adopted usage.
I hate the term "stinkies" because I am not 3 years old.Nevertheless, I do understand what people mean when they use either term -- and that is, after all, the function of language.
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