I have always thought that using the word disorder to refer to the state where energy is evenly distributed is incorrect. In that state the energy is completely ordered. Disorder word apply to the iniial state where the distribution of energy is most non-uniform.

The black hole entropy is an area because the energy distribution is assumed to be uniform and such constants in the analysis are neglected. String theory gives the same answer for black holes because the number of states in the black hole is summed neglecting the amount of energy in each state.

Regards, Richard

• fair enough - dolphin - March 23, 2002 - 03:29 UTC
• he's deconstructing physics - carefuluniverse - March 23, 2002 - 04:03 UTC
  • Can't believe he said that. Even my reply was dumb - carefuluniverse - March 23, 2002 - 04:17 UTC
    • You have a low entropy mind - yanniru - March 23, 2002 - 19:44 UTC
      • You are becoming evil - occupant - March 24, 2002 - 06:38 UTC
        • Evil is the reverse of live - yanniru - March 25, 2002 - 14:35 UTC
  • equality is more orderly than inequality of distribution. - yanniru - March 23, 2002 - 19:59 UTC
    • try modelling a brain or computer chip with "equal distibution" - occupant - March 23, 2002 - 20:42 UTC
      • Brains require low entropy - yanniru - March 25, 2002 - 14:17 UTC
        • I just said that a couple of posts ago. - occupant - March 25, 2002 - 16:43 UTC