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When a problem gets pervasive, it's time
for the politicians to declare war.
Government has given us the "War on
Poverty," "War on Drugs," and "War on
Terrorism" as banners for hosts of
programs designed to fight the spread of
these societal scourges. While total
victory may be a utopian
goal, waging
battle against the forces disrupting the
order of civilization can comfortably be
considered a worthy cause.
Physicists of the planet unite! It is time to
join forces and organize a campaign to
enlist the earth's population in the
common cause of beating back the
frighteningly widespread increase of
thermodynamic disorder in the universe
and declare a "War on Entropy." We can't
afford to ignore the break down of the
quantum state.
Our aim is to minimize the destruction
and disintegration of complex materials in
all forms, from broken windows to nuclear
annilhilation. Burning is bad, but building
is good. Tactical moves countering troop
movements of the second law armies will
further support the cause. Goals as grand
as constructing an outpost on Mars can be
supported by actions as small as building
a house of cards.
The movement will need intellectuals to
draft a manifesto, international leaders to
plan a coordinated strategy for the solar
system, and grass roots supporters taking
very good care of their lawns. For myself,
I hope to get by with an email to my
congressman and a bumper sticker.
Bush Declares War on Entropy
http://www.kuro5hin...003/8/26/04628/1392
US response to the Big Bang [Cube, Feb 02 2006]
Bush Declares War on Porn
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9504659/
[Shz, Feb 02 2006]
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"War on Entropy" is an oxymoron |
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"And it came to pass that AC learned how
to reverse the direction of entropy.
[...]
"And AC said, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT!'
And there was light --"
From 'The Last Question' by Isaac Asimov. |
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Mrs Consul has been waging a War on Entropy for several decades. Entropy, routed from the battlefield, is in full retreat with only the occasional, futile, skirmish occurring in environs surrounding moi. |
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Oh dear oh dear Ian, No..if there was no War, how would the Captains of Industry afford private schools for their children? How would Conservative political parties raise funds? tsk tsk. |
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//Burning is bad, but building is good// um... |
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War on Dualism: You're either with us, or your with the guys who see the world from an 'us vs. them' perspective. |
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This'll be at least as successful as any other govt. program. |
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Life itself is at war with entropy, though it utilizes it. |
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[Ian] "War on Peace" is likely to be more succesful than "War on War" |
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I like this - and I give you a croissant, balanced end-to-end on another croissant for [Rayford]'s war on Dualism thing. |
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Mother of all wars on war? |
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Alas, poor Entropy. I knew it well. |
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You'd better hope there's a big crunch. |
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If only all of that entropy could be moved to one of those distant parts of the galaxy, we could be relieved of it here. |
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Sounds like a waste of energy to me. Bun anyway. |
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Gosh it's warm in here... and what a mess! |
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i always thought there was something inherently ironic about entropy, and the attempt to measure the degree of disorder... to take the 'random' out of random. then again, i don't really understand entropy, and i probably don't understand irony either. |
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Great idea! Just hammer a big thermodynamic nail through the middle of the thermodynamic arrow and give one end a good kick so that it's flipped over. With that sucker reversed we'll have order all over. |
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I want to build a house of cards ON Mars. |
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We should get rid of people who like to endulge, fart, defficate, urinate, and contribute nothing to society. Get rid of the kind who like to chug entire 6 packs of booze, smoke cartonfulls of cigarettes, hit entire bongfuls of reefer, wank off, and then drive their gas guzzling hummers over natural wildlife preserves. We should get rid of all of the evil middle eastern terrorists who like to blow up airplanes, cars, and buildings. |
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Um, oh wait a second, our star is going to blow up in 5 billion years anyway, and that will be a huge waste of energy, so why not just find more nice things throughout the universe other than earth, and trash or consume them to ensure that the human race will still be around long after the sun explodes? |
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// "War on Peace" is likely to be more succesful than "War on War"//
Thermodynamically speaking, that would depend upon whether peace requires more energy. |
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<aside> For one of my years at university, we had a class T-shirt that was a parody of Men in Black, with the line
"Men in Mech: Protecting the Earth from the entropy increase of the Universe"
with a couple of our lecturer's faces superimposed over the poster image. I would suspect anti-entropy is a common theme among cartoons/jokes for mad engineering types...</aside> |
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