> From: Dan Ritter [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 6:59 PM > > Suppose we play the game, and I think of a phrase, and you say > "the magic word is squeamish ossifrage", and purely by chance, > that is what I was thinking of. Is the entropy zero?
What was the probability of me, purely by chance, making that guess? The entropy measurement is not dependent on whether or not I actually succeed in guessing right - it's dependent on the probability that I would succeed in guessing right. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
