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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci)
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- Subject: Re: Is This Possible (or is it B.S)? [200: 1 Lossless Compression]
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 02:45:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.184033.23504@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes:
-
- >forrest@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Jon Forrest) writes:
- >: I'm the first to admit that I don't know anything about compression.
- >: That's why I'm extremely puzzled by the following abstract of a talk that's
- >: going to be given here at Berkeley. Is this B.S. or should I raise
- >: my arms and cry hallelujah?
- >:
- >: ---
- >: CS 298-9
- >: Sequoia 2000 Seminar
- >:
- >: Joe Bugajski, Founder and President
- >: Triada Ltd.
- >:
- >: TRIADA'S 200:1 (LOSSLESS)
- >: DATA COMPRESSION ENGINE
- >:
- >: Friday, January 29, 1993
- >: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- >: 608-7 Evans Hall
- >:
- >:
- >: Triada, a development stage company located in Michi-
- >: gan, has developed an encoding transform capable of up to
- >: 200:1 lossless data compression. The theoretical underpin-
- >: ning of the transform is believed to extend classical infor-
- >: mation theory. a.s.o.
-
- >Maybe now is the time for "WEB II, The Universe Implodes"???
-
- >Note that he wrote "up to 200:1"...
-
- I'm thinking that if they are compressing image files (like bitmaps) of TEXT
- ONLY content, this really isn't that outrageous. Imagine how much bigger
- a bitmap of that article would be than the text itself.
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