More or less random data is more or less incompressible... /\/\/\/*=Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "David VanHorn" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [EE]:Compressing a line of bits > > > >Are any sequences of bits more common than others, or is there an even > >distribution of values. If all values are equally as common, there's not > >a lot that you can do. > > Well, that's my problem. > Whatever I do, needs to not incur a significant time penalty, and also not > be too much worse than raw, for more or less random data. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics