Simple and addicting game

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Published Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:23 PM by RoyOsherove
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 11:08 AM by TrackBack

# Simple and addicting game

Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:12 AM by Jon Galloway

# re: Simple and addicting game

No! Physics flashback! This game is an illustration of Maxwell's Demon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_demon). Tougher version here: http://ajs.net/maxwell.htm

This was a thought experiment Maxwell came up with to try to refute the second law of thermodynamics - the law which says that entropy in a system will always increase.

When you're playing the game, you're decreasing the entropy of the system by causing a heat differential which is increasing the potential energy of the system. It's just an illusion, though, because you're burning tons of calories cursing at the screen when a red ball slips past.

Did I just take all the fun out of the game?
Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:30 AM by TrackBack

# VERY simple flash game that I am avoiding for now

Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:51 PM by Cara

# re: Simple and addicting game

waht the crap?