Reply-To: From: "Arthur" To: "DJGPP Mailing List" Subject: RE: allegro == or != programming Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 07:59:31 +0100 Message-ID: <000001bdc363$42db7860$aa4e08c3@arthur> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <35CCBCA7.66C203F3@alcyone.com> Precedence: bulk > > 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. Oops, forgot about that one. You're right of course. However the heat emmitted from interacting photons will be very small - almost insignificant (esp. compared to modern day processors). James Arthur jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net ICQ#15054819