Boris - it's not a matter of language difference.  It's simply a matter of
you shooting off some esoteric jargon about a subject I know nothing about.
Do you really think I know anything about gas particles, thermodynamics,
and Maxwell membranes.  It's just a snap of a bunch of pigeons hanging out

Shel 


> [Original Message]
> From: Boris Liberman 

>
> > Not a clue as to what you're talking about ...
> > 
> >>It really looks like a pigeon model of Maxwell demon... But my mind is 
> >>warped by mathematics and some other related things...
>
> Hmmm... Odd, but may be I messed the language again...
>
> In theory of thermodynamics, it is said that gas particles are spread 
> evenly inside the volume that they occupy. Now, imagine a membrane that 
> is put exactly in the middle of the volume that allows gas particles to 
> go only in one direction. Then eventually all of them will be collected 
> in just half of the volume...
>
> One of the (probably humorous) names of such a membrane is a Maxwell 
> demon...
>
> Looking at the pigeons and the fence my warped mind immediately saw a 
> Maxwell demon...
>
> Boris


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