Recent content by rytmenpinne

No, we cannot... unless we completely give up on our egos and stop violently enforcing our will upon others, but that's just not going to happen.. at least not in the near future..

And this simple nightmare scenario alone should have the lawmakers seriously reconsider heavily modifying the patent laws.. Nope, instead we get attemps at making these things even more locked down with legistlaion that is negotiated by corporations behind closed doors.(anyone remember ACTA?)...

You say Benjamin Franklin didn't invent anything? :) I've understood the bunson burner was never patented either? and as vici10 pointed out Marie curie didn't patent the radium isolation process.. I myself is actually in the process of developing a product that's based and very similar, but a...

I just watched a pro-pantent video lecture and the guy kept going on how about how a lot of inventions would never have happened if not for patents. Personally I don't believe that they encourage development, not sure if they inhibit it, that's what I want to find out.. They most likely do...

I'm trying to understand transistors so I bought a couple and have been doing some reading, I basically got it but some quick experiments have me dumbfounded.. I have the most basic NPN transistor circuit setup http://amasci.com/amateur/transis2.html like thatone, only with a loudspeaker...

Good! thank you both! the world now makes sense again

Aah, so basically what's going on here is that the secondary ratings on transformers is given in RMS? and not peak?

..fullwave bridge rectification raise the voltage *1.41? I scanned the net but I can't find an explanation as to why, only that it does..

A simple hands on hypotesis / thought experiment / question / :) Hi, first I'd like to say that I've been trying to understand the way electricity works for some time now and thanks to the really great articles of William J Beaty, I really think I'm starting to grasp this stuff now.. Now, so...