Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!gordon From: John Gordon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:23:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <5005A103.9050802@stoneleaf.us> <5006b48a$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <50076437$0$1756$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <3d919437-80a8-424f-ae90-fb829434dba2@po9g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <500804cc$0$29978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <50084FEC.7040806@tim.thechases.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1342736591 21743 166.84.1.3 (19 Jul 2012 22:23:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:23:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:25656 In Chris Angelico writes: > The second law of thermodynamics states that energy tends to go from > higher states to lower, with heat being the very lowest. It's possible > to do work using (say) kinetic energy, and in the process, some of > that energy becomes heat. It's also possible to do work with any > difference in temperature (eg Stirling engines), so the state of the > universe in which it's no longer possible to do any work will be one > in which all energy is heat and everything's at the same temperature. > That doesn't mean a lack of heat; in fact, it implies that there'll be > rather more heat than there now is, because we currently have a whole > lot of chemical energy available to be used. *mind blown* -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gordon@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"