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On Aug 12, 2004, at 8:57 AM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote: > Jules has mentioned that he has a compressor that will compress > compressed > files. I looked at this a while back and it is a really cool idea. > > It is theoretically possible. > > Use conventional compression at first. Numerically speaking, a > traditionally compressed file is interresting because it has virtually > no > repeating numbers. It is also unlikely to have any serious non-random > seeming number sequences. > > As such, this file may be able to be described with fewer bites than it > contains. That, my friends, is the nature of compression. > Sorry, your writing sounds a bit too much like Jules's. What is the nature of compression? Your writing jumps cleanly from introduction to conclusion without saying anything. How can a file with no repeating numbers be described with fewer 'bites' (sic)?
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