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Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News

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"George Johnson" <matrix29@charter.net> writes:
> "Harry Potter" <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:f94d1526-af5c-4ad4-917a-adc1c53adc7e@googlegroups.com...
> > On Monday, June 17, 2013 2:23:28 PM UTC-4, Ernst wrote:
> >> I know the routine of coding and proving. It's a skill we learn over 
> >> time.
> >
> > Bad news!  :(  It didn't work on binary files--just text files.  I'm 
> > working on another copy now, and it's *not* showing promise.  The numbers 
> > are *way* off.  :(
> 
>     No biggie, there is still plenty of demand for text-centric data 
> compression.
>     It's like an inventor saying that they've got a new data compression 
> routine that works great on 3D game objects and then being depressed that 
> the new compression routine fails at compressing bitmap images or video or 
> HTML files.
>     Just because it isn't useful to the wider audience of general consumers 
> or corporate interest, does not mean by itself, that it is useless.

Such domain-specific algorithms are if anything more interesting than
general purpose ones, as in general, you know what domain your data
stream belongs too. Not utilising that additional knowledge is waste.

Phil
-- 
If "law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear" from privacy-invading 
technologies and policies, then law-abiding governments should have
nothing to fear from whistleblowers.

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Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-05-27 06:32 -0700
  Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-05-29 16:40 -0700
    Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-09 15:10 -0700
      Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-10 08:22 -0700
  Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Ernst <Ernst_Berg@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-06-17 11:23 -0700
    Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-18 07:15 -0700
      Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News "George Johnson" <matrix29@charter.net> - 2013-06-19 00:23 -0400
        Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-19 07:08 -0700
        Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-27 10:01 +0300
          Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-27 06:05 -0700
            Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-07 10:32 -0700
              Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-19 11:04 -0700
  Re: Compression Update: Preliminary Good News Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-26 06:14 -0700

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