Xref: utzoo comp.compression:19 alt.comp.compression:160 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury!cosc.canterbury.ac.nz!raymond From: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) Newsgroups: comp.compression,alt.comp.compression Subject: Re: Trying to get maximum compression Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 91 00:00:54 GMT References: Reply-To: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: ruru.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz From article , by vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio): > If input is f3e9 ec5c 8bec ecdb ece9 ec12 ec3f ecec 0cbb 8bec 5cdb ecdb 5c9c > bbec 8bdb 9cec, output a "1" bit. Otherwise, output a "0" bit and append the > results of compression with your favorite compression algorithm. This will, of > course, result in a theoretical compression ratio of 256:1, but there are a > bunch of problems, too... Like having to store the string (in some place or other) anyway. This is fine if you are just transmitting the string somewhere and you wish to minimise what you are sending but if you want to archive it this wont work. -- Raymond Wilson. email: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz snail: c/- Computer Science Department, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.