obsolete · inactive
a system still inside its window, in an environment where nothing sits inside its input window
Examples
- The Mir space station drifted in low Earth orbit from 1991 until 2001, receiving no commands after Soviet ground control collapsed. engineering
- After the 2008 financial crisis, abandoned subdivisions like Osborne, California, remained zoned for development but saw no new construction. economics
- The Arecibo Observatory's radar transmitter sat inactive from 2017 until its 2020 collapse, though the dish remained structurally intact. physics
Emergence
through: The absence of input through an open window in the environment causes a persistent system to lose function even though its parameters remain within viable limits.
- loss of function without parameter failure
- persistent inactivity from environmental absence
- structural integrity without operational continuity
Chain to foundations
as tree
- obsoleteL15
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3
- makeL4
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- amountL8
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- noneL9
- wayL9
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- flowL3
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- broughtL6
- happenL2
- maintenanceL14
- environmentL4
- insideL5 (shown above)
- nothingL10 (shown above)
- stillL3
- systemL5
- setsL3 (shown above)
- partL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- windowL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.