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Gharr

Gharr is fully described here:

• http://gharrhome.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/gharr-short-bio/

Message from Gharr’s Founder

This article was made in the early stages before Gharr was formed into two organizations; and people became, or already were members of the groups. At the time there was no branding for Gharr–as there is now:

• Branding based on promoting stuff
  • http://is.gd/eQiWS
  • http://bit.ly/dtOIWU
• Branding as of Business to Business
  • http://bit.ly/kNLTIf
  • http://pear.ly/RkGP

The temptation is to delete the article about the founder as the contact details for Gharr are all shown above. However this article is historic and possibly a lot of people have read it to find out more about the founder. The founder is not Gharr, although some call that person by that nick name

Quote from the founder of Gharr: lol to the Japanese person who kept on pointing at me and repeating “you are Gharr… Yes… You are, you are!“–that was so sweet, I will always fondly remember that and smile.

To quote Gharr: “I like to promote people by staying in the background and making you the star!”

Gharr has never wanted you to make him the center of attention. The founder is also not seeking to jump in and use the fame, or popularity that Gharr has attained, this article is only here for historic reasons–because it’s the foundations on which Gharr was formed and eventually become two organizations, and a character (called Gharr) in his own right.

The founder wishes to thank all those who like Gharr; and especially those who support and like the dancers, musicians, authors, actors, scientists, programmers, and so on that are mentioned by Gharr–thank you.

The article below is about the founder, and is not about Gharr.

An Article About The Founder of Gharr (Historic Reference)

The article shown below gives away some historic information about the founder of Gharr. It was sourced from a website that no longer exists (it was deleted by the host after they decided that they no longer wanted to support free websites as part of their services–the host is an organization that supplies the resources for the website to exist on the internet).

Gharr and the founder are not the same thing. If you want to read stuff about Gharr, try this article: Gharr’s Short Bio [bio]: http://wp.me/p10Tww-1xM

Previous video here and a discussion of copyright infringement

Please note: The following discussion is just a discussion, it’s not meant to be legal-advice. You should talk to your lawyer if you want to know what exact legal facts apply to your particular area of the world.

This section has been made, because it is hoped that people who produce free education videos will not feel discouraged by things like “Content ID” and the resultant and very possibly incorrect copyright infringement notices.

The previous video that was here of a bloke drawing on a blackboard had been taken down by YouTube. I doubt that YouTube had a right to do that in this case as these equations are repeatable–the definition that science should be able to be verified by other people; including the calculation of mathematical formulas. Even if the guy was not qualified as an engineer for example, it’s hard to see why this person–if they actually knew how to do the calculations–could not tutor people on YouTube.

I took a good look at YouTubes policy, and it’s quite threatening to the person who have to argue that their video was taken down for the wrong reasons–as you have to tick a box saying that you agree that you understand that you may be taken to court.

References:

• http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/request.py?&contact_type=copyright_counternotice (accessed 2012, link seems to no longer exist when checked in 2013)

The person who takes down a video has to risk paying costs caused by the copyright infringement notice. If a person provides this information for free, it’s quite likely the costs will be $0. It seems from that point of view that the person who claims copyright infringement will often not be at great risk (other then possibly paying court costs should they lose). The person who makes the copyright claim could also simply back out when a court case might result, since the video was not making a profit, backing out would effectively result in minimal risk, as the person who refutes the claim of copyright infringement will not take action to reclaim $0 of costs from having the site taken down.

Retraction notice reference: http://www.youtube.com/t/retractions (accessed 2012)

There is also another thing that can take down a video, it’s called Content ID and YouTube makes money from this: http://www.youtube.com/t/contentid [accessed 2012].

There have been criticisms about the performance of Content ID and how often it gets it’s classifications of copyrighted material wrong: http://waxy.org/2012/03/youtube_bypasses_the_dmca/[accessed 2012].

Essentially, the criticism of content ID is that you have to take on the YouTube legal team and that team just happened to have forged the legal-agreement that you entered into to make use of YouTube, so things start to get real complex. It’s probably outside the available resources of a single YouTube user to attempt a legal challenge like that.

There have been additional ramifications of content ID such as if you create music for example, then your music will end up owned by the person or group that uses the content ID and having ownership of your video means they can collect advertizing revenue from the video. This might seem irrelevant, but some free videos can get as many as 1 million views and the revenue could be significant, especially if they claim thousands of such accounts. The following reference explains a situation for game review videos that are claimed in huge numbers and this allows for large sums of advertising money to be made by certain companies that may have no rights to claim that money in the first place: http://torrentfreak.com/youtubes-content-id-piracy-filter-wreaks-havoc-110908/ [accessed 2012].

This discussion of legal matters is only a discussion, it is not legal advice. You will need to consult with your lawyers for legal condition in your local area. Even YouTube states the following:

“DISCLAIMER: WE ARE NOT YOUR ATTORNEYS, AND THE INFORMATION WE PRESENT HERE IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. WE PRESENT THESE MATERIALS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.” [accessed 2012]

It is hoped that people who make free educational videos do not get discouraged by this. YouTube essentially depends on people staying on it’s service to run advertising and other activities that make money–that may not be obvious to users. When people stop feeling that they can create content on YouTube, if will have a serious effect on YouTube and it’s current owners who are Google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube [accessed 2012].

Also Google buying YouTube for 1.65 Billion–”even though the popular video sharing site has never seen a profit”–because Google wishes to make money from adverting revenues:

• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15196982/ns/business-us_business/t/google-buys-youtube-billion/

Sample of typical calculations from my studies (this is not me in the video by the way): Circuit Analysis – Bipolar Junction Transistor Model (BJT) – Dependent Sources – The LED

Circuit Analysis

Please note: there is a mistake in this video. The final equation should read as follows:

(β+1)i₁R_E-V_γ+i₁R_B+V_CC=0 Volts
⇒ V_CC-V_γ = -i₁((β+1)R_E+R_B)
⇒ let i_β=-i₁ then -i₁ = i_β = (V_CC-V_γ)/(((β+1)R_E+R_B))
Continuing the calculations beyond the video
⇒ since i₁-i₂=-βi_β
⇒ -i_β-i₂=-βi_β (by substituting in i_β=-i₁)
⇒ i₂ = i_β(β+1)
⇒ in the next video we will find out that β is assumed to be 100, so let β=100
⇒ i2 ≈ 100⋅i_β
⇒ in the next video we will also find out that V_γ is assumed to be 0.7V, so let V_γ=0.7
⇒ i_β = (V_CC-V_γ)/(((β+1)R_E+R_B))
⇒ i_β = (V_CC-0.7)/(((101)R_E+R_B))

Another formula you might see associated with transistors is: I_E ≈ I_C

I_E = I_C+I_B and the model states I_C=βI_B
⇒ I_E = I_C+I_C/β ⇒ I_E = I_C(1+1/β)
⇒ I_E = I_C(β/β+1/β) ⇒ I_E = I_C((β+1)/β)
Thus I_E ≈ I_C if β is much larger then 1 (it’s assumed β=100, (100+1)/100=101/100≈1)

There are rules of thumb to calculate the perfect quiescent point of a transistor for signal amplifier circuits. At the moment I can’t recall how that was done, but it did have something to do with very high resistances producing noise if I remember correctly.

There is actually a convention of when to use capitol letters and small letters, but this convention may not be followed in every country or by a particular person who does the calculations. In the next video we will see that this person uses capitols all the way through so the above equation would read as: (β+1)I₁R_E-V_γ+I₁R_B+V_CC=0 Volts for example.

BJT – Base Biased Circuits

Standard programming exercise (typical design style of OOP and C++)

— I originally learned C, and later learned C++ on my own. The previous language
of formal structure I used was Pascal.

One favorite device–the LED, because it lights people way.

There were lots of stuff covered in engineering that I have not mentioned here such as thermodynamics, fluids, and management.

Currently I have no home area.

I have just got over some serious illnesses and taking the government to
court—all in a days work, or should I say
several years work—and now I am working on
some significant life changing projects that will propel me forward into a new
state of being.

About Me (the founder of Gharr)

I like to present myself in a business like format on this web page. Since
Australia is about non-discrimination I will not mention my race, sexual
orientation, religion, sex, age and so on. According to scant information from
the law courts thus far,
it is okay to discriminate against everything else
though because Australia has no charter of
human rights. Hopefully that will
change!

When I produce web pages I like to discuss various things. On chat sites I
usually find interesting people with something to say rather then just flirting
with people or trying to find a date.

• Engineering degree
• Manager of Cafe
• Cook (not Chef)
• Tram conductor
• Fruit/Vegetable Picking, Harvest Trail Work

Employment Situation

After I graduated from university I spent around 4 years trying to get into
the engineering industry.

After that time I tried other industries because there seemed to be a lack of
demand for someone with my qualifications.

I have spent a considerable part of my life unemployed regardless of what
work I tried to do. I wish I could tell you why. I can speculate it is to do
with there being not enough work to go round and that manufacture and
engineering design has gone overseas. Possibly there is discrimination that
prevents me from getting work possibly based on a sort of class based criteria
rather then discrimination based on race (if we assume the not enough work to go
round theory).

To further support the above paragraph: the Government has issued instructions
to all Australians via Work For The Dole (Mutual Obligation) to deskill professionals
by forcing (non-Voluntary Volunteers) professionals to do tasks like painting, weeding,
fences, and fixing lawn mowers while claiming that there is a skill shortage.

If the government really had a need for the vast number of skills that each graduate has: they would not make such commands to graduates via Work For The Dole (Mutual Obligation) that appear to be based on oxymoron’s.

I have an interest in engineering, science, computer programming, technology,
the future, and many other topics.

Right now I am trying to build on my skill base and prevent myself from
continuing this cycle of unemployment.

I need a break from the government and unemployment (& forced work & harsh
punishments).

My Other interests

I am rarely bored as I have to many interests and not enough time to do them.

• Engineering
• Business
• Programming
• Spending time with friends and associates
• Watching movies at the cinema
• Going to a cafe and watching life walk by
• Chatting on the internet, Talking to people from all over the world.
• Art

In a mixture of art and web page design, I think Miku Hatsune
would make a great character to welcome people to website.

LOVE & JOY – [ Group Dance ] – Miku Hatsune, xxxayu3, Hizaki19

• Music
• Drawing
• Technical Drawing
• Cooking
• Chess
• Gardening
• Meditation
• Walking
• Bush Walking
• Problem Solving
• Fixing Things
• Web Page Design
• Blogs and reading others web/blog sites
• Making contact with people with similar interests or aims as myself
• Getting two days or more part time work that makes use of or builds on the
  many skills I gained in my engineering degree. This will avoid me having
  disputes when I am forced to do mutual obligation activities (work for the
  dole and get fired – firing the unemployed is a oxymoron by the way).
• Taking a break from it all and following the harvest trail, while still trying to get the additional two days work in a area of my interests
• Reading books
• Learning and using more of my skills

Closing Remark by the Founder of Gharr

Thanks for taking an interest in me and thank you to Japan, and the Japanese people for making me smile a lot.

I would also like to thank the many communities all around the world, for making this place more interesting, and a better place to live in.

Lastly, I would like to thank all the people, and world communities who are part of Gharr, or contribute to what Gharr is. Without you, I don’t think Gharr would be as popular as he is.