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| From | Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: why analog electronics |
| Date | 2017-03-12 02:30 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20170311a@crcomp.net> (permalink) |
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John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote: > On 10 Mar 2017 04:49:45 -0800, Winfield Hill > <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: > >>Sylvia Else wrote... >>> >>>On 10/03/2017 8:42 AM, doh@yipee.com wrote: >>>> On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:11:04 -0800, John Larkin >>>> <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Brat is in the UC Berkeley MBA program, and one of her profs took >>>>> his entire class to dinner at Chez Panisse, which ran about $200 per. >>>>> He was asking about our company, and was surprised that anyone still >>>>> does analog electronics. "Isn't everything digital now?" He's not >>>>> being a jerk, he's seriously wondering why anything is analog. >>>>> >>>>> So, I'm going to write him a little essay on "why analog?" Who knows, >>>>> maybe he'll take me to Chez Panisse. >>>> >>>> The universe is analog. Man invented digital. >>>> >>> >>> Neurons either fire or they don't - there's no analog in-between. >> >> Firing rate and other aspects carry critical >> neural 'analog' information. > > I suspect that a neuron firing is like UPS delivering a set of > encyclopedias. It's more like flatulence delivering stink. A neuron "fires" when the permeability properties of the cell change to allow sodium to diffuse through the cell membrane. Thank you, -- Don Kuenz KB7RPU
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Re: why analog electronics Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> - 2017-03-12 02:30 +0000
Re: why analog electronics John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-13 10:18 -0700
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Re: why analog electronics John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-12 19:07 -0700
Re: why analog electronics krw@notreal.com - 2017-03-12 22:43 -0400
Re: why analog electronics John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-12 19:53 -0700
Re: why analog electronics krw@notreal.com - 2017-03-12 23:01 -0400
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