Luke_A_Somers comments on The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 17 October 2011 10:51:59PM *  2 points [-]

"it prohibits perpetual motion machines of the first type, which run and run indefinitely without consuming fuel or any other resource"

That's only right if you're able to extract work from it and it still runs undiminished.

Otherwise it's only a perpetual motion machine of the second type.