There's also a nice set of recorded lectures available by Professor MacKay covering the core material from the book, available on videolectures.net.
http://videolectures.net/course_information_theory_pattern_r...
http://videolectures.net/course_information_theory_pattern_r...
...Okay?
I found the videos on youtube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCiZc0n6COY&list=PLruBu5BI5n...
> Ok, so, we have an answer of 1000 plus or minus 30 thanks to "Mr. Binomial", the inventor of the distribution that bears his name.
Lol, this is great.