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From: "michaelprice" <>
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Subject: Re: CryoNet #20847 - #20863
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:04:42 -0000

> You don't even need any math to prove to yourself that it is impossible to
> reach AND MAINTAIN a state of maximum disorder. If a system could
> reach a state of maximum disorder--the "most probable" distribution of
> components--then the next change MUST be toward greater order or
> lower entropy.

Not if the maximally disordered state is degenerate, which it probably is.
The system can happy transit from one maximal state to another.

Cheers,
Michael C Price
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