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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:01:23 -0700
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On 9/21/2024 6:29 PM, MitchAlsup1 wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 0:13:38 +0000, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> 
>> On 9/21/2024 4:55 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:43:55 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/21/2024 1:22 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:33:23 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any activity going on at absolute zero?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, because the Third Law of Thermodynamics says you can’t get there
>>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> How close can one get?
>>>
>>> Arbitrarily close. I heard of experiments already being done in the
>>> microkelvin range.
>>
>> Odd. So absolute zero is the "limit" and we can get arbitrarily close to
>> it? Kind of reminds me of the infinity in the unit fractions. Say they
>> are signed for a moment... ;^)
> 
> Temperature is an unsigned quantity.

Can we ever get to pure zero? No "residue" so to speak?

> 
>>>
>>> Correction: just checked, and the Guinness World Record site reports a
>>> figure of 38pK.