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{{Def|Entropy|/ˈɛntrəpi/|n|}}A warm, tepid place, rather like a recently-sat-upon lavatory seat.
{{a|myth|{{image|Bradbury Building Blade Runner|jpg|}} }}{{Quote|
{{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.''
''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?}}}}
{{d|Entropy|/ˈɛntrəpi/|n|}}<br>A warm, tepid place, rather like a recently-sat-upon lavatory seat. Also, [[Iron Mountain|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''.
Could refer to:
Could refer to:
*Any of the [[Jolly Contrarian]]’s:
*Any of the [[Jolly Contrarian]]’s:
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:*[[sixth law of worker entropy]] or
:*[[sixth law of worker entropy]] or
:*[[seventh law of worker entropy]].
:*[[seventh law of worker entropy]].
:*[[eighth law of worker entropy]].
:*[[ninth law of worker entropy]].
:*[[tenth law of worker entropy]].
*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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*[[Iron Mountain]]
*[[Systems theory]]
*[[signal-to-noise ratio]]
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{{C2|Tedium|cosmology|}}