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Surprise in this context means you didn't know the exact data the computer will output, not that you don't know how a computer or the program works. Like if yo
by username90 6y ago
Surprise in this context means you didn't know the exact data the computer will output, not that you don't know how a computer or the program works.
Like if you ask a calculator to calculate sin(13), you know exactly how it calculates it but you didn't know the exact number so the result was "surprising".
- magicalhippo 6y agoRight, from the Shannon reference mentioned I got that. I'll accept that as an "inside" joke. I still think "surprise" is one of the worst words one could use to describe this though, but that's not a fight I'm gonna win :)