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{{Def|Entropy|/ˈɛntrəpi/|n|[[File: Bradbury Building Blade Runner.jpg|450px|center]]}}A warm, tepid place, rather like a recently-sat-upon lavatory seat. Also, where we are all going. The challenge is to create and defend [[systems | {{Def|Entropy|/ˈɛntrəpi/|n|[[File: Bradbury Building Blade Runner.jpg|450px|center]]}}A warm, tepid place, rather like a recently-sat-upon lavatory seat. Also, where we are all going. The challenge is to create and defend [[systems analysis|systems]] that preserve or enhance [[signal-to-noise ratio|''signal'']] in defiance of our inevitable slide into ''noise''. | ||
{{Quote|''He lived alone in this deteriorating, blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments, which like all its counterparts, fell, day by day, into greater entropic ruin. Eventually everything within the building would merge, would be faceless and identical, mere pudding-like kipple piled to the ceiling of each apartment. And, after that, the uncared-for building itself would settle into shapelessness, buried under the ubiquity of the dust.'' | {{Quote|''He lived alone in this deteriorating, blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments, which like all its counterparts, fell, day by day, into greater entropic ruin. Eventually everything within the building would merge, would be faceless and identical, mere pudding-like kipple piled to the ceiling of each apartment. And, after that, the uncared-for building itself would settle into shapelessness, buried under the ubiquity of the dust.'' | ||
:{{author|Philip K. Dick}}, {{br|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?}}}} | :{{author|Philip K. Dick}}, {{br|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?}}}} | ||
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*The [[boredom heat death]] of the universe. | *The [[boredom heat death]] of the universe. | ||
*The [[Intermediate broker|place]] betwixt an [[executing broker]] and a [[clearing member]]. | *The [[Intermediate broker|place]] betwixt an [[executing broker]] and a [[clearing member]]. | ||
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*[[Systems theory]] | |||
*[[signal-to-noise ratio]] | |||
{{Draft}}{{egg}} | {{Draft}}{{egg}} | ||
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Entropy /ˈɛntrəpi/ (n.)
A warm, tepid place, rather like a recently-sat-upon lavatory seat. Also, where we are all going. The challenge is to create and defend systems that preserve or enhance signal in defiance of our inevitable slide into noise.
He lived alone in this deteriorating, blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments, which like all its counterparts, fell, day by day, into greater entropic ruin. Eventually everything within the building would merge, would be faceless and identical, mere pudding-like kipple piled to the ceiling of each apartment. And, after that, the uncared-for building itself would settle into shapelessness, buried under the ubiquity of the dust.
Could refer to:
- Any of the Jolly Contrarian’s:
- The boredom heat death of the universe.
- The place betwixt an executing broker and a clearing member.