tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post5240610312331588641..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: Entropy and thermodynamicsSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-67312070971438535762018-03-31T21:50:34.688-05:002018-03-31T21:50:34.688-05:00Excellent prompt. You know how I love "scienc...Excellent prompt. You know how I love "sciency" stuff. I don't know how close I came but damn, I wrote a long one.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-81057686992510366652018-03-31T16:19:22.428-05:002018-03-31T16:19:22.428-05:00Thanks for the challenge, Bjorn -- It evoked memor...Thanks for the challenge, Bjorn -- It evoked memory of the first thing I read by Thomas Pynchon, the short story "Entropy," probably in the early years of college. We don't have a culture which rests on a shared literature any more, so apologies to the group if seems obscure. Another short story that pushes it toward our time is "Gerald's Party" by Robert Coover. I can't help thinking we are lost in the heat death of the '60s, mind at the end of a tether which has us all some suburban take on Mephistopheles' poodles ... Signs of a broken equation. Happy Easter!Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983584155125369291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-5973560446291624972018-03-31T12:42:53.819-05:002018-03-31T12:42:53.819-05:00Ha... I do understand the challenge of writing in ...Ha... I do understand the challenge of writing in a foreign language, believe me. I will get back with my entry later, but it's enough to just write about disorder.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-4849085922686260492018-03-31T11:49:25.465-05:002018-03-31T11:49:25.465-05:00Gah! A foreign language! LOL. Will be interesting ...Gah! A foreign language! LOL. Will be interesting to read the responses.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-9292649018356904252018-03-31T10:55:20.197-05:002018-03-31T10:55:20.197-05:00Entropy increase or dectease and theirvquantity is...Entropy increase or dectease and theirvquantity is proportional to various inputs. Most formulas take into account of one or two or a few input factors. I am a firm believer in the oldies laws of spontaneous human combustion and the law of large numbers (favorite is that if a body gets too large in population it becomes out of control). I once wrote a computer program for solving simultaneous equatons to infinity Nth degree of unknowns. But I've lost that recipe and can't bake that cake again. <br />ad nauseam.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-65791668668747916372018-03-31T10:27:22.677-05:002018-03-31T10:27:22.677-05:00In high school, the one class I hated beyond all o...In high school, the one class I hated beyond all others was physics. You're giving me flashbacks. Sorry, friend, i just can't send my muse in that direction.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-44259645226115576942018-03-31T04:13:22.092-05:002018-03-31T04:13:22.092-05:00Hi Bjorn! You know how much I enjoy messing with p...Hi Bjorn! You know how much I enjoy messing with physics in poetry. I just hope my little poem isn't too cheesy.Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-25139888460378522512018-03-31T02:55:21.257-05:002018-03-31T02:55:21.257-05:00Hi Bjorn, I always enjoy the process of turning sc...Hi Bjorn, I always enjoy the process of turning science into poetry, which you afford us... I am a failed science student who never lost her fascination for the subject.<br /><br />I had to reset your post, as something went awry with the blogger formatting. I hope the page loads correctly now, and that nothing has been lost (in the way that energy is neither created nor destroyed)Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com