(...and I'm not too fond of the term "e-liquid," either, but at least it sounds better than "smoke juice." And don't get me started on "cig-a-like.")
I know, I know, it's the whole "old vs. new, analog vs. digital" thing but to me, it just doesn't make any sense. There's nothing "digital" (or "electronic" for that matter) about a PV except for maybe some safety-circuitry inside the battery or a regulated mod. If anything, we should be calling these "electric cigarettes," not "electronic." Current flowing through a resistive wire, converting electrical energy into heat? Well, that's just a toaster, now, innit? That's analog technology, my friends. "Digital" isn't just a word you slap onto something to make it seem new and fancy. It has a specific meaning: "quantized information" (yes or no, on or off, ones and zeros -- like in a computer) as opposed to the smooth curve of an analog signal. Is there a computer inside your e-cig? Again, maybe some regulatory safety circuitry, but if you slap a computer-controlled temperature control on an old-fashioned radiator, that doesn't suddenly make it into a "digital heating system." You're still just running hot water through pipes. Likewise with the e-cigs, you're just running electricity through a piece of wire and warming up a liquid.
To me, the term "analog" when used in this context would take on the literary definition of "something from which an analogy is formed." ["analogy" = "analog" + "y"] Something that is like a cigarette yet is not a cigarette. Like a Joyetech eRoll, or a Blu. They look just like cigarettes, they are used in much the same way as cigarettes, but still they are not cigarettes. They are the "analogs" of cigarettes, if you will. I doubt I am going to convince the rest of you to change the accepted terminology, though, so I will just refrain from using the term "analog" altogether, but to me, that's what it should mean. The old-fashioned stinkies will forever in my eyes be called "combustibles," "tobacco cigarettes" or, you know, just plain-old "cigarettes."
[EDIT: Can't brain today, I have the dumb. I meant to post this in "General Vaping Discussion" not "New Members Forum."]
I know, I know, it's the whole "old vs. new, analog vs. digital" thing but to me, it just doesn't make any sense. There's nothing "digital" (or "electronic" for that matter) about a PV except for maybe some safety-circuitry inside the battery or a regulated mod. If anything, we should be calling these "electric cigarettes," not "electronic." Current flowing through a resistive wire, converting electrical energy into heat? Well, that's just a toaster, now, innit? That's analog technology, my friends. "Digital" isn't just a word you slap onto something to make it seem new and fancy. It has a specific meaning: "quantized information" (yes or no, on or off, ones and zeros -- like in a computer) as opposed to the smooth curve of an analog signal. Is there a computer inside your e-cig? Again, maybe some regulatory safety circuitry, but if you slap a computer-controlled temperature control on an old-fashioned radiator, that doesn't suddenly make it into a "digital heating system." You're still just running hot water through pipes. Likewise with the e-cigs, you're just running electricity through a piece of wire and warming up a liquid.
To me, the term "analog" when used in this context would take on the literary definition of "something from which an analogy is formed." ["analogy" = "analog" + "y"] Something that is like a cigarette yet is not a cigarette. Like a Joyetech eRoll, or a Blu. They look just like cigarettes, they are used in much the same way as cigarettes, but still they are not cigarettes. They are the "analogs" of cigarettes, if you will. I doubt I am going to convince the rest of you to change the accepted terminology, though, so I will just refrain from using the term "analog" altogether, but to me, that's what it should mean. The old-fashioned stinkies will forever in my eyes be called "combustibles," "tobacco cigarettes" or, you know, just plain-old "cigarettes."
[EDIT: Can't brain today, I have the dumb. I meant to post this in "General Vaping Discussion" not "New Members Forum."]
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