Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:51:35 +0000 (GMT) From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) To: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> Cc: Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: entropy Message-ID: <20030115084451.U2608-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <AD7DCC42-285B-11D7-9D3C-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net>
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > On Tuesday, Jan 14, 2003, at 22:46 US/Pacific, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: > > > Can someone recommend to me where I can read up on > > entropy. > > > > ie what it is ? Why we have it ? etc etc > > > > - aW > > Entropy is a tendency towards disorder in the universe, exemplified by > things LIKE SOME FREAKIN' CLUELESS GIT POSTING A TOTALLY OFF-TOPIC > SCIENCE MESSAGE TO A COMPUTER OS LIST!!! Entropy also evaluates information and is measured in so called bits . The original work about this was written (I think in the sixties) by two authors: Shannon/Weaver Sorry, I don't know the title: it was something with information theory. Regards, Uli. > > Did you actually have to MOVE your browser from in front of the mail > program to AVOID searching for this on the web?!? > > KeS > > > OB-FreeBSD: > /usr/ports/math/entropy > "Entropy is a program that will calculate the entropy of a given set > of data. This program is mainly used to benchmark the efficiency > of existing or developing compression algorithms." > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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