Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:33:44 -0800 From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: entropy Message-ID: <AD7DCC42-285B-11D7-9D3C-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <20030115171523.P97610@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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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!!! 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
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