tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677134.post6871766284343140069..comments2008-10-06T21:13:34.039-07:00Marcus Riednerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894570498253888981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677134.post-16754004427373919112008-10-06T21:13:00.000-07:002008-10-06T21:13:00.000-07:00I like that you kept entropy and chaos separate, they are very different things and I am always shocked at how many people get them confused.Marcus Riednerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00894570498253888981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677134.post-79688974511627633272008-10-05T09:46:00.000-07:002008-10-05T09:46:00.000-07:00My chaos comes in the form of a pseudo-random number generator, and the people in my life, who are terminally unpredictable and constantly providing a source of entropy and chaos. <BR/><BR/>They change so often the only thing that's predictable is that constant change within and without them.<BR/><BR/>Programmers understand chaos pragmatically because they seek out the discernible patterns, and being indeterminate has it's own pattern of patternlessness.<BR/><BR/>Artists and poets understand it more intuitively because it is so often a driving force in their inspirations, the thing which keeps the waters from growing still and stale.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately you write the rules for your reality, but the rule of chaos is one that is incorporated into every healthy understanding of any system dynamic, no matter how static.<BR/><BR/>And it didn't even hurt.Enderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173421504785472459noreply@blogger.com