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tromp
88 days ago
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The 2005 Sony Bravia ad
Sure beats lava lamps as a source of entropy...
maartenscholl
88 days ago
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Not really, the lava lamp's fluid dynamics are very sensitive to initial conditions and the fluids behave chaotically, whereas the bouncy balls have highly predictable trajectories.
MisterTea
88 days ago
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> whereas the bouncy balls have highly predictable trajectories.
All we need are chaotic surfaces to bounce the balls on. Problem solved :-)
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