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- From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression
- Subject: Re: Compressing English text to 1.75bits or better (80%)
- Keywords: FAQ
- Message-ID: <3792@randvax.rand.org>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 04:08:18 GMT
- References: <1992Sep12.103552.24873@rhrk.uni-kl.de> <1992Sep12.154713.14396@uwm.edu> <7990@public.BTR.COM>
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- In article <7990@public.BTR.COM> rem@btr.BTR.COM (Robert E. Maas rem@btr.com) writes:
- >May I suggest such silly methods as yours not be posted in the future?
-
- ...because most likely they have already been posted. Jokes aren't
- nearly as funny the second time around. After all, one objective of
- compression is the elimination of redundancy. And we've heard 'em all
- already.
-
- -Ed Hall
- edhall@rand.org
-