Timeline for Puppeteers' homeworld heat a major problem?
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| Nov 17, 2020 at 17:16 | comment | added | chiggsy | "Or is there some fundamental problem with heat that leads it not being a solvable problem?" Yes, the Second Law of Thermodynamics. It's impossible to have a 100% heat engine. There's always some waste, ∆S, entropy, randomized energy that manifests as heat. A planet is a closed system, every process run on that planet will pollute it with heat. | |
| Dec 23, 2012 at 4:52 | answer | added | Rob Mayor | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 1, 2012 at 21:53 | answer | added | Kyle Jones | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 1, 2012 at 16:55 | history | edited | DVK-on-Ahch-To | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 2, 2011 at 0:20 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange | @TGnat - No, this is correct; waste heat was a problem on the homeworld well before the Puppeteers knew about the core explosion. (It's mentioned in Ringworld.) | |
| Jul 30, 2011 at 19:21 | history | edited | PearsonArtPhoto |
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| Feb 2, 2011 at 18:15 | answer | added | Omega Centauri | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 2, 2011 at 8:39 | comment | added | Riduidel | @Martinho Fernandez I was indeed thinking it was an entropics problem ... | |
| Feb 2, 2011 at 2:01 | answer | added | geoffc | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 2, 2011 at 1:03 | comment | added | R. Martinho Fernandes | @Riduidel: no one can't beat thermodynamics, not even Pupetteers :( | |
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| Feb 1, 2011 at 20:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/32532712732495872 | ||
| Feb 1, 2011 at 18:40 | answer | added | blueberryfields | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Feb 1, 2011 at 17:23 | answer | added | Mike Scott | timeline score: 28 | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 17:21 | answer | added | JustJeff | timeline score: 11 | |
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| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:42 | comment | added | TGnat | I don't remember excess heat being the reason to move their planets. They were trying to get away from the massive amounts of radiation released from the center of the galaxy. | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:38 | comment | added | PearsonArtPhoto | @Riduidel: Well, pretty much, yeah. Or is there some fundamental problem with heat that leads it not being a solvable problem? | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:38 | answer | added | DampeS8N | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:36 | comment | added | Riduidel | Do you mean you don't understand how they can be sooo brilliant and yet not able to cope with heating problems ? | |
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| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:31 | comment | added | DampeS8N | It has been a while since most of us have read this series. Can you summarize exactly what you are talking about? | |
| Feb 1, 2011 at 14:25 | history | asked | PearsonArtPhoto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |