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Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data

From Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data
Date 2016-07-13 19:34 +0000
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On 2016-07-13, Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/13/2016 03:46 AM, jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote:

>> It is not that the data is not compressible i just need more chunks
>> or random data, it is the footprint of the algorithm that has a
>> certain it is a structure afterall albeit richer in interpretation
>> than the numerical field.

Well, thanks for that.  Not only was it authentic frontier
gibberish...

> Err, no, that does not apply to "random."  If the data is truly
> random then it does not matter whether you have 5 bytes or 5 GB.
> There is no pattern to discern, and having more chunks of random
> data won't make it possible to compress.

You might as well be arguing with Ludwig Plutonium.

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Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-11 10:52 -0700
  Re: Compression of random binary data Joonas Liik <liik.joonas@gmail.com> - 2016-07-11 21:09 +0300
    Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-11 11:24 -0700
      Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-11 11:32 -0700
  Re: Compression of random binary data MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-07-11 19:30 +0100
  Re: Compression of random binary data Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-12 04:38 +1000
    Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 07:24 -0700
      Re: Compression of random binary data Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-13 01:11 +1000
        Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 10:35 -0700
          Re: Compression of random binary data Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 16:23 -0600
            Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 17:43 -0700
            Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 17:47 -0700
          Re: Compression of random binary data Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-13 12:29 +1000
            Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-13 02:46 -0700
              Re: Compression of random binary data Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-13 23:11 +1000
              Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 13:03 -0600
                Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-13 22:35 +0300
                Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2016-07-14 08:39 +1000
              Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 19:34 +0000
            Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-13 03:04 -0700
              Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-13 03:14 -0700
              Re: Compression of random binary data Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-13 22:13 +1000
  Re: Compression of random binary data Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-07-11 19:56 +0100
  Re: Compression of random binary data MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-07-11 19:57 +0100
  Re: Compression of random binary data Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-07-11 15:31 -0400
  Re: Compression of random binary data Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 00:36 +0000
  Re: Compression of random binary data Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-11 20:01 -0700
    Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 07:29 -0700
      Re: Compression of random binary data Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-13 01:17 +1000
        Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 10:46 -0700
          Re: Compression of random binary data Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 12:20 -0600
            Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 12:31 -0700
            Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 12:40 -0700
              Re: Compression of random binary data jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-07-12 12:42 -0700
      Re: Compression of random binary data mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2016-07-12 17:32 +0100

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