From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: allegro == or != programming
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 14:01:27 -0700
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Arthur wrote:

> But a physically perfect machine? So far there is no evidence that
> something can do
> work without losing some energy in the process, no matter how small.
> If it's based on
> the interference of photons then it could possibly lose energy through
> light
> emmissions.

In fact, the second law of thermodynamics indicates that it will
_always_ produce waste heat.

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