A few observations on strangeness production

A few studies of the yields and spectra of strange particles produced in heavy-ion and elementary collisions are presented using results from RHIC and the SPS. The system size effects on strange particle production and their. kinematics are studied. Evidence that entropy drives strangeness production is presented as is the nuclear modification factor, R-AA, for strange baryons. Finally the m(T) spectra from p-p collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV are shown which indicate that gluon, as opposed to quark, jets dominate the production.