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   Gerhard to All   
   Re: How to violate the (Clausius stateme   
   22 Apr 14 21:12:49   
   
   From: gusenet@gmx.net   
      
   Am Dienstag, 22. April 2014 23:51:56 UTC+2 schrieb haitic...@gmail.com:   
      
   > Well, you can make a perpetual motion machine if this analysis is correct,   
   can't   
   >   
   > you? Then we could all retire. But I've heard the Ruler of the universe is a   
   >   
   > Scrooge about unwinding randomness spontaneously. A pity. It's very unfair,   
   >   
   > don't you think? :)   
   >   
   > (Trying to remember who first formulated the 2nd law - Helmholtz?   
      
   What's about e.g. the "Maxwell's demon"? I'm sure you'll find the mistake I   
   made in the article in a few seconds ...   
      
   Gerhard   
      
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