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Via Instapundit

Fake News

OK - this is real.

OK - this made me laugh.

OK - this is why the "Fake News" label isn't going away any time soon.

HT Instapundit

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82" 2160p HDTV

Instapundit linked to this 82" 2160p HDTV display from Samsung. I agree that I'd want one of those too. There's a problem however - even though the display may be 2160p there are no broadcasters sending out a signal in that format. For that matter there aren't even any major broadcasters sending out a signal in 1080p. Right now the HD channels you see are all in 1080i. Even if you bought that 82" 2160 HDTV the reception when watching "TV" would be no better than a 100" 1080i display at a much lower price.

So it would be great to own one of those monster screens but I'm guessing that by the time the broadcasters have caught up to the technology - the screen you purchase today will be sadly out of date.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Housekeeping

I'm in the process of reading The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen Hawking. When speaking of the behavior of black holes - Hawking talks about the Second Law of Thermodynamics:

It states that the entropy of an isolated system never decreases with time. Moreover, when two systems are joined together, the entropy of the combined system is greater than the sum of individual systems.

My initial thought was of a post earlier this week at Instapundit which had the line:

Both the men and the women who got married did more housework than those who stayed single, the analysis showed.

Both black holes and newlyweds acting in the same manner? I guess when Stephen Hawking said it was "the Theory of Everything" - he wasn't kidding.

Of course I could be completely wrong here since my grasp of physics is as bad as my ability at house work.