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- From: Peter_Janes@cableshare.ccmail.compuserve.com (Peter Janes)
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- Subject: Re: Fractal compression for Amiga?
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 22:28:47 EDT
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- On 29-Mar-96 09:47:34, C.J Coulson <C.J.Coulson@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:
- > It`s a pity it doesn`t seem to work. It always produces exactly the
- > same sized file, no matter what compression settings I use, and when
- > I try uncompressing the file I just get a "Bus Error" message.
-
- Sounds like the compression algorithm announcement posted on rec.humor.funny
- a while back--it could compress *any* amount of data, with *any* content,
- down to a single byte (or was it a single bit?). Only problem was coming
- up with a *de*compression algorithm to go along with it....
-
- > Does anyone know if it`s really supposed to work, or if it`s a
- > poor example of a joke ?
-
- Sorry, I don't know.
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