Djordje

I joined yesterday -.-

Nice site, LOL

Thanks for this ultra informing reply

Ah, Linux, everything you might need for "security testing (pentesting)" http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ I also had Ubuntu which's a decent OS though I'm not really fond of GNOME, I prefer KDE such as in above-mentioned Backtrack

Thanks for good advice A lot of learning ahead of me... By the way, I'm 15

I do have to *facepalm* a lot. When a fail is so big that oneface palm is not enough, my friends help me like this: http://lolpics.se/pics/482.jpg But what if I encounter another fail like "Sweden is in Asia" (that's my 17 year old friend's EPIC FAIL) ?

That's right. And another opinion of mine is that bigger volume equals bigger entropy - entropy is a statistical law, not an absolute like 1st law of thermodynamics. It is based on huge number of cases of lesser order compared to a single case of higher order. More volume must, IMO, imply more cases of lesser order and that means higher entropy. So if at Bang time space had V0 and at the point of shrinking Vmaxit's entropy could be also S0 and Smax . When it starts collapsing the entropy and volume go from Vmax and Smax to V0 and S0. So the whole process could be represented like this: V0(S0) --------> Vmax(Smax) --------> V0(S0) Maybe I'm wrong but anyways I'm open to critics and new ideas and I'm looking forward to your reply. Sorry if my English sometimes can't keep up with my thoughts

@Spyman Well, if you put it that way, you'll have to compare two infinite objects - an infinite space at 2.10 PM and another, larger, also infinite space at 2.11 PM. How can you compare two infinite things? Just curious 'cause this subject is rather confusing for me.

I've heard bits about the "dreaded Extended essay" - is it really that difficult to do? Which subjects would most "scientists" take? Does the program require a lot of research and practical work?

My main premise was that at first universe was far less entropic that today and as it was expanding the entropy increased. However, shrinking might be returning to that first state (with less entropy).

IMHO, if space is expanding, it has to have bounds.

Lua is easy to learn... Though you might want something a bit more powerful like C++

I've recently been awarded a 1-year scholarship in an independent UK school. When asked, I opted for IB curriculum - though I might not attend this curriculum as the number places offered is limited. I would like to know anything about this programme especially the general impression and experience of teachers and/or students involved in this. Thanks

If we agree that universe has a beginning and if we know that the entropy increases over time (a broken window won't fix itself), I reckon that entropy had to be zero or a constant some point in past. Then if universe is to begin shrinking, that means it's returning to the primal state of higher order and least entropy - the entropy'd start to decrease- in that case the usual thermodynamic direction of time will reverse - the window pieces will jump together and the window will be whole again. The psychological direction of time would also reverse: we wouldn't remember past but future - but that also raises paradoxes like "Could we die before we're born?" etc. These are just some of my thoughts on this subject, I'm 15 and would like to hear your opinion on this.