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- From: cuffell@spot.Colorado.EDU (CUFFELL TIMOTHY MICH)
- Subject: Re: Is This Possible (or is it B.S)? [200: 1 Lossless Compression]
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.213530.27702@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <1jndtq$odg@agate.berkeley.edu> <71GF03Q9c9oC00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:35:30 GMT
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- In article <71GF03Q9c9oC00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden) writes:
- >In article <1jndtq$odg@agate.berkeley.edu> forrest@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Jon Forrest) writes:
- >> Is this B.S. or should I raise
- >>my arms and cry hallelujah?
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- Amazing "up to 200:1 compression" with InfoZip!
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- Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name ("^" ==> case
- ------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ---- conversion)
- 2710341 Deflate 9214 100% 01-23-93 14:27 59678375 file
- ------ ------ --- -------
- 2710341 9214 100% 1
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- From 2.7 megs to 9214 bytes.
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- (This usually happens with an 80:1 mix of 0's and newlines.)
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- As long as there is at least one case that compresses 200:1, the claim is true.
- --
- -Tim Cuffel Finger for PGP 2.1
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- Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
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