Thanks for these comments Andy. I agree with you completely. If you have an
interest in such matters, I can recommend probably the best resources on
Entropy on the internet:
The Second Law Part I: http://www.secondlaw.com/
The Second Law Part II: http://www.2ndlaw.com/entropy.html
Regards
Jonathan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Brice" <andyb1@btclick.com>
To: <virus@lucifer.com>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: virus: Entrophy can be defeated!
>
> From: "Jonathan Davis" <limbic11@hotmail.com>
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>
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2135000/2135779.stm
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>
> Jonathan,
>
> This is a rather vague and unconvincing piece. I would need to look at the
> original source to pass conclusive judgement though.
>
> The key point in the second law is 'closed system'. If you included the
> laser and system for shaking the beads in the system I expect you would
find
> that the second law is still valid. Random vibration can be used to sort
> items of different sizes, the smaller items moving to the bottom. Again
> including the shaking system means that the 2nd law isn't violated.
>
> Thermodynamics is also known as statistical mechanics. As such the laws
are
> statistically based not absolute. There is chance that a system can become
> more ordered by random fluctuations. The larger the system the less likely
> this is too happen. This is hardly news to physics.
>
> best regards
>
> Andy Brice
>
>
>
>
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