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From: bill@hpcvlo.HP.COM (Bill Frolik)
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Subject: Re: Compression Algorithms
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Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 12:37:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 20 12:37:54 1987
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In other words ...

	80 bytes can represent only a finite number of unique states

	"arbitrary text" can be an infinite number of unique states

Believable only if you live in a society that agrees that 2^640 = infinity.

Bill Frolik
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