Definition of Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

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Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.
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It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.
Barry Commoner

Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.
David R. Ellis

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.
Seth Lloyd

In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
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