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From: adam@gec-mi-at.co.uk (Adam Quantrill)
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Subject: Re: Maxwell's deamon
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 11:10:50 EDT
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In article <242NU092254@NDSUVM1> NU092254@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Brian Dall) writes:
>     Has anyone ever heard of it?  I'd like to find out all I can
>aboout it.

Maxwell's daemon is the /dev/null daemon, it sits on the bit bucket and lifts
the lid whenever a bit comes its way. This is the 'work around' for the 
"conservation of bits" problem discussed a few months ago.
       -Adam.

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