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Comment author: Cyan 31 March 2010 04:16:53AM 0 points [-]

I know little about it, but if I knew how to compute equivalent resistances beyond the basics of resistors in parallel and in series, I'd fbyir n ohapu bs rire-ynetre svavgr tevqf, fbeg bhg gur trareny rkcerffvba sbe na A-ol-Z tevq jvgu gur gnetrg abqrf nyjnlf ng gur pragre, naq gura gnxr gur yvzvg nf A naq Z tb gb vasvavgl.

Comment author: RobinZ 31 March 2010 10:57:08AM 0 points [-]

You can try Xvepubss'f pvephvg ynjf, but at the moment I'm thinking of nffhzvat gung nyy pheeragf sybj njnl sebz zl fbhepr naq qrgrezvavat ybjre naq hccre yvzvgf ba gur pheeragf V arrq onfrq ba gubfr vardhnyvgvrf.

Comment author: wedrifid 31 March 2010 11:57:25AM 2 points [-]

At this rate I'm going to be proficient at reading rot13 within a week!

Comment author: RobinZ 31 March 2010 02:23:05PM 0 points [-]

I'm intentionally not reading anything in rot13 and always using the electronic translator, with hopes that I will not become proficient.

Comment author: Cyan 31 March 2010 05:18:41PM *  0 points [-]

The problem doesn't say anything about sources, so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to assume for voltage or current. Can you recommend a good instructional primer? I need something more that Wikipedia's infodump presentation.

Comment author: RobinZ 31 March 2010 06:53:37PM 0 points [-]

I'm using the term as a metaphor from fluid dynamics - n fbhepr vf n abqr va juvpu pheerag vf vawrpgrq jvgubhg rkcyvpvgyl gnxvat vg bhg naljurer ryfr - orpnhfr gur flfgrz vf vasvavgr, pheerag nqqrq ng n abqr pna sybj bhg gb vasvavgl gb rssrpgviryl pbzcyrgr gur pvephvg, naq orpnhfr gur rdhngvbaf ner flzzrgevp, gur svany fbyhgvba sbe gur pheerag (sebz juvpu Buz'f ynj sbe ibygntr naq ntnva sbe rssrpgvir erfvfgnapr) pna or gubhtug bs nf gur fhz bs n cbfvgvir fbhepr ng bar raqcbvag naq n artngvir fbhepr (n fvax) ng gur bgure.

I don't know how this compares to wnoise's canonical method - it might be that this is a less effective path to the solution.

Comment author: wnoise 31 March 2010 08:01:08PM 0 points [-]

That is definitely part of the method.

Comment author: Cyan 31 March 2010 07:24:43PM 0 points [-]

I can see why my idea is incompatible with your approach.

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