Compression of random binary data
Michael Selik
michael.selik at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 20:36:32 EDT 2016
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 10:56 AM <jonas.thornvall at gmail.com> wrote:
> What kind of statistic law or mathematical conjecture or is it even a
> physical law is violated by compression of random binary data?
>
If you get lucky, you might be able to achieve very good compression.
> http://dilbert.com/strip/2001-10-25
Or are you asking about an algorithm that reliably compresses random data
by a fairly constant percent?
>
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