Sandman
In article <87bnq9p3kg.fld@barrow.com>, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

Eric Stevens
"Maximum entropy method in image processing".

Sandman
Has nothing to do with thermodynamics, Eric. You know, the ignorant claim you made that I was laghing at?

Floyd L. Davidson
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_maximum_entropy

"This is the way the maximum entropy principle is most often used in statistical thermodynamics."

Apparently it does have something to do with thermodynamics.

Sandman
You're as dumb as Eric.

The principle of maximum entropy is applicable to many fields - that does NOT mean that all those fields have anything to do with each other, like when Eric wanted thermodynamics have anything to do with sharpening an image.

Why are you working so hard to make yourself look like a complete moron?

Floyd L. Davidson
Apparently this is too complex (involving more than one dictionary definition, several theories, and dozens of big words) for some people.

The simple explanation for you is just that they are all tightly related to something known roughly as "entropy", which is often suggested to be a measure of disorder.

You'll just have to accept that increased disorder is the reason UnSharpMask is a non-reversible process as opposed to Sharpen.

Sandman
So, you're going to stand in the dumb corner next to Eric Stevens and say that Thermodynamics is related to Image Processing because both field are applicable to maximum entropy?

Here's a hat for you, little boy.