Entropy is a thermodynamic property that can be used to determine the energy not available for work in a thermodynamic process, such as in energy conversion devices, engines, or machines. Such devices can only be driven by convertible energy, and have a theoretical maximum efficiency when converting energy to work. During this work, entropy accumulates in the system, which then dissipates in the form of waste heat.
In classical thermodynamics, the concept of entropy is defined phenomenologically by the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of an isolated system always increases or remains constant. Thus, entropy is also a measure of the tendency of a process, such as a chemical reaction, to be entropically favored, or to proceed in a particular direction. It determines that thermal energy always flows spontaneously from regions of higher temperature to regions of lower temperature, in the form of heat. These processes reduce the state of order of the initial systems, and therefore entropy is an expression of disorder or randomness. This is the basis of the modern microscopic interpretation of entropy in statistical mechanics, where entropy is defined as the amount of additional information needed to specify the exact physical state of a system, given its thermodynamic specification. The second law is then a consequence of this definition and the fundamental postulate of statistical mechanics.
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random blobs of power expressed as that which we all disregard,
ordered states of nature on a scale that no one thinks about, don't
speak to me of anarchy or peace of calm revolt, man, we're in a play
of slow decay orchestrated by boltzmann, it's entropy, it's not a
human issue, entropy, it's matter of course, entropy, enegery at all
levels, entropy, from it you can not divorce and your pathetic moans
of suffrage tend to lose all significance, extinction, degradation;
the natural outcomes of our ordered lives, power, motivation;
temporary fixtures for which we strive, something in our synapses
assures us we're ok but in our desequilibrium we simply can not stay,
it's entropy..., a stolid proposition from a man unkempt as i, my
affectatious i can not rectify, but we are out of equilibrium
In the face of grave defeat I heard cries for mercy
No barrier of self control, no innocent composure
Abusing love and like a child inflicting pain upon itself
When the calling finally comes well there be no one waiting
Well there be no one waiting
Well there be no one waiting
Well there be no one waiting
Well there be no one waiting
In blind despair taken in by any glimpse of freedom
Sell your soul to buy some time, infect all your longings
The thought that god has taken sides on the path to breaking down
Disconnected but not alone, scream to the tune of the background noise
Background noise
Scream to the tune of the background noise
Endless thoughts of what is wrong arrive at no conclusion
On the floor still nursing wounds no sense of self to speak of
The though that god has taken sides on the path to breaking down
Disconnected but not alone, scream to the tune of the background noise
Background noise
When does 'enough' become enough?
When does 'no' have meaning?
When does 'enough' become enough?
When does 'no' have meaning?
When does 'enough' become enough?
When does 'no' have meaning?
When does 'enough' become enough?
When does 'no' have meaning?
Lyrics by Jack Micay
(Mike in a deep voice)
Galileo, Netwon, Watt, they were genuises all.
Without them we'd be freezing in the dark at the mall.
James Joule found total energy remains the same
(Murray)
No matter what it's form.
(Mike)
That's why it carries his name.
(Jian)
A chemical, electrical, potential and heat,
Radiant, kinetic, ooh the list is incomplete.
They're always changing back and forth
It's really quite a blur
(Murray)
oh, how could he?
(Jian)
I've forgotten nuclear!
(All)
Ride a barrel down the falls
Then cook spaghetti with meatballs.
Really make your friends amazed.
Nuke it with some gamma rays.
Fly to Venus in a rocket.
Put your finger in a socket.
You may suffer from exhaust,
But none of that energy is ever really lost.
(Murray)
Then why can't we make a clean machine that moves perpetually?
Cause there's another law with which all energy must agree.
Whenever it changes form, it loses quality
(Dave)
in other words...
(Murray)
Down/Damn that rising entropy!
(Dave)
It's entropy you see that turns finess into mess
A palace to a pig-stye why it's simply scandalous!
Energy once neat degenerates into waste heat (We must repeat.)
Because of entropy.
From the Liner:
1993- A lot more exciting than it's sister song, Inertia. The band
is very
committed to heightening awareness around this issue.
(Recorded by Doug
McCelement, March '93
at Comfort SOund, Toronto.)
Lyrics by Jack Micay
(Mike in a deep voice)
Galileo, Netwon, Watt, they were genuises all.
Without them we'd be freezing in the dark at the mall.
James Joule found total energy remains the same
(Murray)
No matter what it's form.
(Mike)
That's why it carries his name.
(Mike)
A chemical, electrical, potential and heat,
Radiant, kinetic, ooh the list is incomplete.
They're always changing back and forth
It's really quite a blur
(Murray)
oh, how could he?
(Mike)
I've forgotten nuclear!
(All)
Ride a barrel down the falls
Then cook spaghetti with meatballs.
Really make your friends amazed.
Nuke it with some gamma rays.
Fly to Venus in a rocket.
Put your finger in a socket.
You may suffer from exhaust,
But none of that energy is ever really lost.
(Mike)
Then why can't we make a clean machine that moves perpetually?
Cause there's another law with which all energy must agree.
Whenever it changes form, it loses quality (in other words...)
Damn that rising entropy!
(Dave)
It's entropy you see that turns finess into mess
A palace to a pig-stye why it's simply scandalous!
Energy once neat degenerates into waste heat (We must repeat.)
Because of entropy.
From the Liner:
1993- A lot more exciting than it's sister song, Inertia. The band
is very
a melting star run through my fingers
blood red furrows on the sea
was it wind that never lingers
or, was it you who never came
standing on the store
a distant call
golden waves appear
and take me home
cover me, oh noonday sun
so my heart could carry on
a morning new is soon to come
serenity has yet begun
i am sick for i'm a sinner
all i attempt is in vain
the spring of ice is growing clearer
in silent storms of entropy
anger swept away
be firm with me
furtive entity
We are waiting for the end
of this abstract reality
the light no longer
shines from your eyes
and the words that fall
from your mouth
slowly evaporate
I'm falling through
I'm falling through my mind
I can hear you call my name
through my descending dreams
and I recall
a world just like this
where we lay hiding
beneath a grey steel sky
Holding the entropy
of those moments passing away
Now that you have gone
to a world where nothing exists
I hold your image
I hold your image
Silence is the language
Today, there is a lot,
But frequent hints that this won't always be.
We are invariably running out.
The process seems slow because we forget,
Time does not exist.
Absolute zero stares back at us
Well it's a force of nature to be recognized in the various equations of the social kind.
As we look to our left and we turn to our right always taken back when the heat starts to rise, rise.
No one will tell you
Nobody will tell you
It's a measure of disorder
A matter of time
We're living in entropy
Well it's random reaction that's divided by rage.
A single-handed effort in the escalade.
The static will clear as the masses evolve.
A loss of information as the message fades away, fades away.
No one will tell you
Nobody will tell you
Rise
Nobody will tell you
Statues of slogans; convictions foam at the mouth
Love is bought and sold at foreclosure auction
Where on your bones do convictions burn?
They’re scribbled on a page, hidden from the world
No the words you say don’t matter
You just like the way they sound
This time I’ve with drawn too much
There’s nothing left to take from my heart
Every word in indefinite conviction,
And I’m alone in this crowd
I was born with a halo on my head
It follows me around,
Traps my thoughts in the light
Where words can’t do their job,
Where tongues get lost in thought
Quick, transfer: I am a river
The levee has broken; I will break ground
Who’s suffering for oxygen?
Who’s living in a box?
And on the day you leave the cave,
Your eyes will burn out
We’ve existed forever
I just recently woke up
And when we die
Army with harmony
Doomsday, drop a load on them
[Verse 1]
Entropy, how can I explain it? I'll take it frame by frame it,
to have you all jumping, shouting saying it.
Let's just say that it's a measure of disorder,
in a system that is closed, like with a border.
It's sorta, like a, well a measurement of randomness,
proposed in 1850 by a German, but wait I digress.
"What the fuck is entropy?", I here the people still exclaiming,
it seems I gotta start the explaining.
You ever drop an egg and on the floor you see it break?
You go and get a mop so you can clean up your mistake.
But did you ever stop to ponder why we know it's true,
if you drop a broken egg you will not get an egg that's new.
That's entropy or E-N-T-R-O to the P to the Y,
the reason why the sun will one day all burn out and die.
Order from disorder is a scientific rarity,
allow me to explain it with a little bit more clarity.
Did I say rarity? I meant impossibility,
at least in a closed system there will always be more entropy.
That's entropy and I hope that you're all down with it,
if you are here's your membership.
[Chorus]
You down with entropy?
Yeah, you know me! [x3]
Who's down with entropy?
Every last homey!
[Verse 2]
Defining entropy as disorder's not complete,
'cause disorder as a definition doesn't cover heat.
So my first definition I would now like to withdraw,
and offer one that fits thermodynamics second law.
First we need to understand that entropy is energy,
energy that can't be used to state it more specifically.
In a closed system entropy always goes up,
that's the second law, now you know what's up.
You can't win, you can't break even, you can't leave the game,
'cause entropy will take it all 'though it seems a shame.
The second law, as we now know, is quite clear to state,
that entropy must increase and not dissipate.
Creationists always try to use the second law,
to disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw.
The second law is quite precise about where it applies,
only in a closed system must the entropy count rise.
The earth's not a closed system' it's powered by the sun,
so fuck the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun!
That, in a nutshell, is what entropy's about,
you're now down with a discount.
[Chorus]
[Trash Talk]
Hit it!
Doomsday, kick it in!
Fed to the wolves
Terminally sick
Drowned in mud
Blood-spit hit
Wasted reminiscent
War-driven moron
Time has taken
A heavy toll on
[Chorus:]
Superstitious terror
Creeping by degrees
Gore deadly error
Infesting killing spree
Centuries of progress
Just to wake up in the dirt
Dead-calm still
We get what we deserve
Your advice
Nothing but empty words
Chants of doom
Promoting rites without meaning
A brutal disease;
Through the alchemy of destiny
A stairway to nowhere
A fucking downfall
All around is horror
Panic ridden spirit
Everything is lost
At the bottom
Of the abyss
Waiting
[Chorus:]
Superstitious terror
Creeping by degrees
Gore deadly error
Infesting killing spree
Centuries of progress
Just to wake up in the dirt
Dead-calm still