Decks of cards

A quantitative way of dealing with the degree of disorder in a system is to define something called the thermodynamic probability Q. which counts the number of ways in which a particular state can come about. Thus situations we characterize as relatively disordered can come about in more ways than a relatively ordered state, just as an unordered deck of cards compared to a deck arranged by suits. 

Laminates aie materials made up of plies or laminae stacked up like a deck of cards and bonded together. Plywood is a common example of a laminate. It is made up of thin pHes of wood veneer bonded together with various glues. Laminates ate a form of composite material, ie, they ate constmcted from a continuous matrix and a reinforcing material (1) (see also Reinforced plastics). 

Nature In an experiment in which one samples from a relatively small group of items, each of which is classified in one of two categories, A or B, the hypergeometric distribution can be defined. One example is the probabihty of drawing two red and two black cards from a deck of cards. The hypergeometric distribution is the analog of the binomial distribution when successive trials are not independent, i.e., when the total group of items is not infinite. This happens when the drawn items are not replaced. 

When reviewing the subject of plastic melt flow, the subject of viscosity is involved. Basically viscosity is the property of the resistance of flow exhibited within a body of material. Ordinary viscosity is the internal friction or resistance of a plastic to flow. It is the constant ratio of shearing stress to the rate of shear. Shearing is the motion of a fluid, layer by layer, like a deck of cards. When plastics flow through straight tubes or channels they are sheared and the viscosity expresses their resistance. 

G I don t guess I did. I don t know. [Still fooling with deck of cards]... 

Psi can obviously be incredibly selective. The percipient can show success in clairvoyantly guessing the order of a deck of cards sitting face down on the experimenter s desk. To do this, he must focus sequentially on each card in the deck to the exclusion of all the other cards. There may be a dozen decks of cards in the experimenter s desk drawer, but the percipient does not respond to them. In telepathy experiments, the percipient tries to pick up one person s thoughts, yet there are billions of people on this earth who may be sending out thoughts at that moment. But just as we have no idea how psi information is converted into neural impulses or mental events, we have no idea how this incredible selectivity is achieved. 

Here is a synthesizable model of a blackjack program. This program is played with a deck of cards. Cards 2 to 10 have values equal to their face value, and an ace has a value of either 1 or 11. The object of the game is to accept a number of random cards such that the total score (sum of values of all cards) is as close as possible to 21 without exceeding 21. 

Drinks mix office desks clutter decks of cards shuffle entropy is the natural tendency toward disorder. Entropy has also been called the tax that nature charges. Entropy has also been called the universal death sentence. But entropy is not just a philosophical construct or a pessimistic outlook. It is a real driver for physical processes and does indeed weigh in as a determinant in the fate of the universe. 

The label and graphic simply tell the user the name of the program and give a visual hint as to what that program does. Solitaire, for instance, is labeled Solitaire, and its icon graphic is a deck of cards. By right-clicking an icon once, you... 

What are the chances that a shuffled deck of cards will lay out into four perfectly ordered rows as shown in Q Experience tells you that the chances for an orderly arrangement are almost negligible, and that a random arrangement like the one in o is far more likely. 

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