[bobdsmith]

Each localized, man-made or machine-made entropy decrease is accompanied by a greater increase in entropy of the surroundings, thereby maintaining the required increase in total entropy."

According to this reasoning, then, the second law does not prevent scrap metal from reorganizing itself into a computer in one room, as long as two computers in the next room are rusting into scrap metal -- and the door is open

The second law does not prevent scrap metal from reorganising into a computer full stop. This is true whether or not random and redundant senarios are introduced such rusting, rooms and open doors. The only use for the above analogy is as a reminder of why analogies are one of the worst forms of argument.

[Elsie]

The only use for the above analogy is as a reminder of why analogies are one of the worst forms of argument.

Translation:

E analogy good,

C analogy bad.