[SML] Decibels

[Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center]

Ummm, logarithms _are_ exponents . . . .

Carla
On 9/26/2016 5:38 PM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft wrote:
> I was told there would be no math.
>
> Thanks. Knew exponential was wrong, but Richard had just given me one of
> his rare compliments in another thread so I stood down. And I'm not sure
> what a lineal scale would be anyways, maybe one that counts how far
> removed a cousin is?
>
> It's really difficult in a world that has forgotten turn signals and say
> "me and you" rather than "you and I" to get to upset at this minor
> language indignity. Having been a teenager in the 1960s when my parents
> were nearly in their 70s, I emphasize with their concerns.
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2016 7:29 PM, "Phil Haney via Stagecraft"
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>
>     Actually, decibels are measured on a logarithmic scale, not a linear
>     or an exponential scale...
>
>     -Phil
>
>     "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus" - Never tickle a sleeping dragon.
>
>     > On Sep 23, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Jerry Durand via Stagecraft
>     <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Do people know what exponential and lineal mean?
>     >
>     >> On 09/23/2016 11:24 PM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:
>     >> Do people realize the decibels are measured on an Exponential,
>     rather than a Lineal, scale?
>     >> /s/ Richard
>     >>
>     >
>     > --
>     > Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.
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