SPAM as an energy source? Somebody hasn't thought this one out - Spam takes
some amount of energy to create, so the reaction is basically endothermic. But,
on the receiving end, we all know that it frequently takes considerable time and
energy (expressable as watts) to get rid of it. So, at that point, it is again
endothermic. So, this is following the rules of thermo, there is an unavoidable
energy loss in the process. If we want to quantify the power input of a PC,
divided by the amount of spam generated per unit time, we could get the energy
input (input of energy in terms of creativity and potential information is taken
as approaching zero). And on the output end, while it may cause increase in
blood pressure and temperature, at best it is a catalyst, contributing nothing
to the reaction.
Conclusion, spam is adding to the entropy of the universe - WE HAVE FOUND
ANOTHER SOURCE OF GLOBAL WARMING!
George McKinney
From: "moshe shayan"
> Dear Mohammad ,
> Hi, as regards your ideas in connection with free energy which could
be produced
> from buoyancy and the calculations which were demonstrated in '
energy_is_free'
> site ,I am sorry to tell you that you are wrong ! terribly wrong! ,
the reason could be
> outlined as follows:
[snipped for brevity]
Good reply. But there are some technologies that are sort of almost free
(in that the source is essentially inexhaustible [1]). Luckily, most of
these need pumps and piping.
Of course, all this is moot if the planet gets smacked by an asteroid
while Bruce Willis is busy on another movie shoot or if the glaciers
melt due to global warming or if the magnetic poles shift while we're
not looking.
Paul
[1] If only we could use spam as a power source. It would dwarf even the
currently-researched fusion power solution. Any bored physics geeks out
there care to assign an arbitrary energy value to a typical spam
message?
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