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[jporter]

Lady Ann:

>Please note Maxwell's demon in _The Crying..._ and the fact that Pynchon
>has it
>right when the text states that thermodynamic entropy looks a lot like
>information theoretic entropy. The demon extracts all the information by
>separating the fast and slow particles. If a communication has low entropy, it
>has low information. No information is communicated if the next set of symbols
>are already known with high probability (low entropy).


The demon does not extract anything. The demon does not exist- anymore than
perpetual motion exists. Both are wistful pipe dreams. Fun to think about,
though.

jody