Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!mit-eddie!mit-amt!adam From: adam@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: SigGraph Fractal Compression Keywords: did anyone see this at siggraph? Message-ID: <444@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 7 Aug 89 14:31:18 GMT References: <2037@netcom.UUCP> Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA Lines: 23 In article <2037@netcom.UUCP>, marcos@netcom.UUCP (Marcos H. Woehrmann) writes: > Did anyone who was fortunate enough to attend SigGraph see the Fractal > Data Compression software/hardware? The only information I have is that > it's supposed to be able to generate amazing compression ratios and the > company is based in Atlanta. Please mail any information (I'll summarize > if there is enough interest). I saw it. People here were a bit skeptical about the thing, and the guy who made it was not interested in talking to people who knew about fractal compression, only those who would buy it. What a "suit." I would be awfully hesitant to believe this guy's claims. He seemed very "plastic" and false as a person, which would lead me to believe his research would follow suit. Adam =============================================================================== || Adam Glass, NeXT hacker for the slave-drivers at the MIT Media Laboratory || || || || %% "But Wesley, what about the R.O.U.S.es?" %% || || %% "Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist..." %% || || EMail to: adam@media-lab.media.mit.edu OR adamg@athena.mit.edu || ===============================================================================