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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
"... The production of motive power is due, ... not to an actual consumption of calories, but to its transport from a warm body to a cold body, ie to restore its balance, balance assumed broken for any reason whatsoever ... it takes place not only for steam engines, but for all fire machines, ie for any machine which engine is the caloric. The heat can obviously be a movement source only under the changes in volume or form it causes to the bodies, these changes are not due to a constant temperature, but due to alternatings between heats and colds, yet to heat any substance one must have a warmer body , and to cool it, we need a colder body. ... "
( Sadi Carnot - 1824 - Thoughts about the motive power of fire and about the machineries able to develop this power. )
"... La production de la puissance motrice est donc due, ..., non à une consommation réelle du calorique, mais à son transport d’un corps chaud à un corps froid, c’est-à-dire à son rétablissement d’équilibre, équilibre supposé rompu par quelque cause que ce soit, ... cela a lieu, non seulement pour les machines à vapeur, mais aussi pour toute machine à feu, c'est-à-dire pour toute machine dont le calorique est le moteur. La chaleur ne peut évidemment être une cause de mouvement qu'en vertu des changements de volume ou de forme qu'elle fait subir aux corps ; ces changements ne sont pas dus à une constance de température, mais bien à des alternatives de chaleur et de froid : or, pour échauffer une substance quelconque il faut un corps plus chaud qu'elle; et pour la refroidir, il faut un corps plus froid. ..."
( Sadi Carnot - 1824 - Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance )
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La bêtise et le cynisme sont-ils les derniers noms d'Entropie ?
En Birmanie ? En Chine ? En Tchétchénie ? A Guantanamo ? A Gaza & Ashkelon ? . .
. . ou dans notre vertueuse Europe, qui donne des leçons de Droits de l'Homme . .
. . tout en méprisant, traquant et rejetant ses propres . . indésirables ?
Are silliness and cynicism the last names of Entropy ?
In Burma ? In China ? In Tchétchénie ? In Guantanamo ? In Gaza & Ashkelon ?. .
. . or in our virtuous Europe giving human rights lessons
. . while scorning, tracking and rejecting our own . . unwelcomes ?
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| . rectO-persO . | . E ≥ m.C² . | . co~errAnce . | . TiLt . |
Five months later--after enduring strong winds, heavy rains, wet snows, and hail--this Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) leaf continues to resist the inevitable.
water cuts through rock, not because of strength, but through persistence.
jim watkins
📍Big South Fork National River & Scenic Area, KY
Credit to Svetlana Petrova & Zarathustra the Cat
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For the original painting refer to:
363/365 - Persistence
1/250th f2.8 ISO320
200mm
Had a bit of ride after work with Marcus and his two young ripper kids and just as we were about to leave, we saw this amazing glowing sun so couldnt resist but get some end of evening photo kicks. This one was actually as packing up but something about it I really liked.
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Day 92 of 365.
Previously titled couldabeen Day 92 this pic seemed to be preferred by my Flickr friends. Who am I to stand in the way of what the people want. Thus it has transcended from couldabeen to now is my Day 92.
It is a balmy 10 degrees C today, and these flowers have no plans to pack it in anytime soon. The light purple ones are a wildflower, I believe, heart shaped aster. They are always the last to bloom. The white ones are a cultivated flower, look like a tiny mum, but I don't know what they are called. These bloom early and keep on blooming, and reseed themselves like crazy.
The stones are from right here, a lovely thick, hard layer of stone with lots of fossils, about 300 million years old, and already nicely broken up into giant brick shapes.
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For WPS #199~
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With Thanks To ~
Original Source~Krandolph~
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With thanks to Max short
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Background:Salvador Dalì "Persistence of memory"
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Once I saw this tree I knew I had to get a shot of it. This is also from Sandefjord where my in-laws has a cottege and this tree was standing on the top of a hill, alone watching over the whole place.
This was taken during the sunset, though the sun is setting right behind me so I didn't get to capture a lot of colors here, but I think the sky turned out pretty dramatic with this long exposure.
It turned out so much better then I thought it would so I'm very happy with the result even though it's not the kind of picture I normaly take :)
Canon 450d, Sigma 10-20mm, Green*l ND 8,
2 exposures: 8'', 30''
f/16, ISO-100, 10mm
Thank you for viewing :)
When the conditions are favorable and allow for a pretty solid chance of capturing a great image you’ll find me out shooting the night sky. I always head out with high hopes knowing that I ......
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2003 Bradford entered a bid for 2008 European Capital of Culture.
The bid campaign slogan ‘One Landscape, Many Views’ appeared across the district and on one of Bradford Royales. Bradford was not successful. The bus went on for a fairly long life and even managed to be repainted into the firstgroup corporate livery at the time, albeit it was operating in Edinburgh by then. Everything in this view is now history except the old building on the left. Busmiles...ahhh !
I can now fit all of my unsorted bits in the two giant bins, and I've reclaimed a major horizontal surface!
Persistent fall leaves on an American beech tree at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, Cary, NC, USA.
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Having been convinced he’s no concert pianist, Stormtrooper Bruce digs deep to find some hidden talent for the upcoming talent contest being held during Festival Alley. He knows he can bake, but what else can he possibly do?
Stormtrooper Bruce: OK, guys, I know we’re all excited about movie night tonight, but I want to see what you think about this? I’ve been practicing weeks and I think I’ve finally nailed it.
TK-1110: Dude! Give it a rest. Just bake something amazing the P will love and leave it at that.
Fett: Yeah. I’ve heard what you’ve been putting these guys through. You should still have a ton of that X-o’-tiQ chocolate left. And you know who loves chocolate!
TK-432: Wait? You-Know-Who? Is Lord Voldemort a judge?
STB: OK, guys. Prepare to be wowed!
Hello, Mr. Yoda. Say, have you heard - we’ve been trying to find those droids for ages. Any ideas?
STB using his Yoda voice - Do or do not. There is no try.
STB: Mr. Yoda, in you’re opinion, can anyone join the Dark Side?
STB using his Yoda voice: Fear is the path to the dark side, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
STB: Mr Yoda, Can you teach me any Jedi mind tricks?
STB using his Yoda voice: You must unlearn what you have learned.
TK-432: Wow! That was awesome. I never saw your lips move!
TK-1110: Not to rain on your parade, but the whole point of being a ventriloquist is being able to see that your lips don’t move. Um, you’re wearing a helmet, dude.
Fett: I get it. That’s what makes this so funny. A Ventriloquist Trooper? Hilarious! But you should know - it’s Master Yoda, not Mr. I can think of at least two judges on this ship who might take off points.
STB using his Yoda voice: Always two there are, no more, no less.
Chewie: Graaagh, yawllol! Trrrqlargh!
TK-432: I’m so loving this! No paint, no musical torture, no Medic Droids. Let’s get on with the movies, unwrap our gifts, and eat!
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Taken using a Nikon EM camera in week 307 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
Ilford HP5 Plus film, developed in Rodinal, semi-stand for 60mins at 22 degrees C.
The previous print I offered on eBay was sold so I am offering another. This one is of a window that refuses to bow to the pressures on it.
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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." ~ Calvin Coolidge
Fujifilm X100S