[DeTomaso] NPC indeed

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Professor,

                Consider some words of wisdom that apply to Newtonian 
Physics, Quantum Physics and Panteras:

                    "Everything should be kept as simple as possible, 
but no simpler." - Albert Einstein


                                 Philosophically yours,  Chuck Engles


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Mikael wrote:

> Have you ever wondered why we constantly need to fix our Panteras, why 
> is
> the order of the world that things break, they never fix themselves? 
> It's
> about entropy. Entropy is defined as the number of ways a system can 
> be
> arranged. Example, a pile of sand, you can arrange it in billions of
> different ways; it's still a pile of sand. But a sand castle built of 
> wet
> sand, the number of ways are limited. The pile of sand is said to have 
> high
> entropy, the more arranged sand castle has low entropy.
>
> Over time wind, weather, nature will turn that sand castle into a pile 
> of
> sand. Entropy always increases unless specific action is taken to 
> reverse
> that trend. And if we park our Pantera outside the house and nobody 
> touches
> it for decades, it will eventually return to a higher entropy state, a 
> pile
> of rust etc. It's the nature of things, and it's the reason the 
> universe
> won't go on forever, when the highest state of entropy is reached, 
> nothing
> more can happen.
>
> So when somebody builds a Pantera where so many components have to be 
> in a
> certain place and state for it to work, they work against nature, they 
> lower
> the entropy. Immediately nature wants to break it down again, and 
> eventually
> nature will win, but we spend our time postponing that moment. We may
> actually be increasing the lifespan of the universe as well...
>
> Now, back to the tools.
>
> Mikael
>
>
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