scp: rounding bug in displayed transfer rate?

[Jefferson Ogata]

On 2009-03-22 09:49, Brolin Empey wrote:
> 2009/3/22 Jefferson Ogata <Jefferson.Ogata at noaa.gov>:
>> A millibit is a valid measure of entropy. Otherwise you are correct.
> I assume you mean:
> 
> 2. 	(in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the
> loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.

Yes, Shannon's entropy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(Information_theory)

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