1) Half of the things that work, especially involving transistors is "magic".
2) Phrases like "Kind of like when you kink the hose" and "When you kink the hose, it can go both ways", in a room full of guys.....
3) Linear is a straight line. Most components run on a sine wave, which, I may add, IS NOT LINEAR!!!!!!!!!
I just wanted to share the "hose" comments.........
The Allengator