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Re: Newbie view: have to be 'politically correct' to assylum insiders or beat up

Posted by john curl on November 25, 2001 at 11:18:26:
Steve, it appears to be virtually impossible to explain anything to you, once you have your mind made up. The heart of this latest series of 'criticisms' of me was a short comment that I made to Jon Risch about you regarding your apparent lack of understanding of negative feedback. Here is the whole statement:
"Jon R , this shows that Steve doesn't understand the underpinnings of negative feedback. Of course Negative feedback generates the correction voltage to counter the EMF of the loudspeaker, etc. Read a book, Steve." Nov 19, Cable Asylum.
Steve strongly objects to the word 'counter'. Perhaps 'negate' or 'null' would have been more appropriate. My original comment still works for me, but then I know what I am trying to say. I can understand how it can be taken wrongly, but I have done my best to clarify my original statement, to no avail. Personally, I find it difficult if not nearly impossible to convey mathematically based technical info on this website. It just does not support the symbols that make it practical. I have looked up 'negative feedback' in three of the best textbooks that I have available. I can't find a simple explanation in any of them that can be conveyed on this website. Perhaps someone reading this thread has found a resource that will explain the subject most clearly.