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Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy?

From Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy?
Date 2015-10-09 18:54 +0200
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On 10/09/2015 06:18 PM, Angelo wrote:
> Il giorno venerdì 9 ottobre 2015 08:07:50 UTC+2, Poutnik ha scritto:
>> Dne 09/10/2015 v 02:58 Double-A napsal(a):
>>
>>> ....If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants,
>>>
>>> So, you admit to torturing ants with a magnifying glass?
>>>
>> Do you use this flaw logic to make conclusions in physics ?
> 
> I think AA was joking!
> Oh well, unless you also was (sorry in this case).
>  

I suppose neither of us was fully serious...

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren’t you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 19:53 -0500
  Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-10-08 17:58 -0700
    Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 08:07 +0200
      Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Angelo <patrizio.pan-2002@libero.it> - 2015-10-09 09:18 -0700
        Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 18:54 +0200
  Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren’t you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-09 04:09 +0000
    Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren’t you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 09:30 -0500
      Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren’t you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-13 00:37 +0000
        Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren’t you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 21:23 -0500
          Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren’t you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-13 02:56 +0000
  Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Angelo <patrizio.pan-2002@libero.it> - 2015-10-09 09:26 -0700
  Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:49 -0700
    Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 12:53 -0500
      Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2015-10-09 12:54 -0700
        Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 12:57 -0700
          Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 15:12 -0500
            Re: How do lenses that concentrate light not violate the second law of thermodynamics? If you use a magnifying glass to burn ants, aren't you making a point hotter than the ambient temperature without losing energy? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 13:19 -0700

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