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In thermodynamics, the first law of thermodynamics is an expression of the more universal physical law of the conservation of energy. Succinctly, the first law of thermodynamics states:

"Energy can be transformed (changed from one form to another), but it can neither be created nor destroyed."
“The increase in the internal energy of a system is equal to the amount of energy added by heating the system, minus the amount lost as a result of the work done by the system on its surroundings."

2/18/2009 7:26:26 PM

yawn

2/18/2009 7:26:47 PM

the human head weighs 8 pounds

2/18/2009 7:27:24 PM

there's already a thread for this

2/18/2009 7:28:12 PM

kitab is arabic for book

2/18/2009 7:28:21 PM

weezer was formed in 1992.

2/18/2009 7:28:29 PM

i looked up random didn't find anything

2/18/2009 7:28:48 PM

the second law of thermodynamics is that the change in entropy, or disorder, is greater than or equal to 0. it is equal to 0 in ideal processes and positive for real processes. this often leads to some crazy philosophical stuff because it essentially says that, no matter what you do, the universe moves towards disorder

2/18/2009 7:29:21 PM

The third law of thermodynamics is a statistical law of nature regarding entropy and the impossibility of reaching absolute zero of temperature. The most common enunciation of third law of thermodynamics is:
“ As a system approaches absolute zero, all processes cease and the entropy of the system approaches a minimum value. ”
Note that the minimum value is not necessarily zero,[1] although it is almost[2] always zero in a perfect, pure crystal; see the article Residual entropy for more information.
The essence of the postulate is that the entropy of the given system near absolute zero depends only on the temperature (i.e. tends to a constant independently of the other parameters).

2/18/2009 7:30:31 PM

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"i looked up random didn't find anything"

2/18/2009 7:30:44 PM

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""Energy can be transformed (changed from one form to another), but it can neither be created nor destroyed.""

That,s a lie. It was created once, and is ever present theoretically, and if you believe for ever action there is an opposite an equal reaction, so there has to be a way to destroy it. I'm a Nobel Laureate - Physics 1963.

2/18/2009 7:33:14 PM

to all intents and purposes

2/18/2009 7:35:15 PM

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"the second law of thermodynamics is that the change in entropy, or disorder, is greater than or equal to 0. it is equal to 0 in ideal processes and positive for real processes. this often leads to some crazy philosophical stuff because it essentially says that, no matter what you do, the universe moves towards disorder"

This is true and what they mean by that is that energy becomes unusable. The Universe will die when no energy can be used for anything and it presence. Time will stop as a result.

2/18/2009 7:36:00 PM

DTV might really suck with a cheap antenna.

2/18/2009 7:36:11 PM

o lawd, he wants to talk about exergy

2/18/2009 7:37:44 PM

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"the human head weighs 8 pounds"

There is only one now?

2/18/2009 7:39:42 PM

Puggles, a pug and beagle mixed breed, originated in the state of Wisconsin.

2/18/2009 7:54:18 PM

NCSU vs UNC tonight at 8pm on WRAL

2/18/2009 7:56:30 PM

this is a puggle:


this is a bug (boston terrier and pug):

2/18/2009 8:01:55 PM

This is my puggle:



Her name is Penelope.

2/18/2009 8:03:36 PM

Designer mutts FTL?

2/18/2009 8:03:38 PM

^^ awwwww you have a real life puggle!!!!

2/18/2009 8:08:52 PM

Machiavellianism is, according to the OED, "the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct", deriving from the Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe (The Prince) and other works. Machiavellian and variants became very popular in the late 16th century in English, though "Machiavellianism" itself is first cited by the OED from 1626. The word has a similar use in modern psychology.

Machiavelli, according to the popular view, although this is disputed at least in part by most Machiavelli scholars, held that people were by nature untrustworthy, malevolent and self-serving, and thus those in power could only maintain their position through exploitative and deceitful actions.

2/19/2009 12:48:12 PM

the speed of sound at 23.5 degrees celcius is approximately 345 meters per sec

2/19/2009 12:49:53 PM

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes spelled Mendeleyev or Mendeleef; Russian: ???´???? ???´????? ???????´??) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907), was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements. Using the table, he predicted the properties of elements yet to be discovered.

2/19/2009 12:51:30 PM

phospholipid bilayer membranes are composed of two layers of phospholipids arranged so the polar heads bound the nonpolar fatty acid tails.

2/19/2009 1:38:26 PM