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[OT] Re: Who wants to be in charge of the Internet today?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward B. DREGER)
Fri Jun 23 12:12:48 2006

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:09:36 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Edward B. DREGER" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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RB> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:33:43 -0400
RB> From: Robert Boyle

RB> Now THAT is impressive compression! I don't know what your former company
RB> did, but they should focus on selling that compression technology. ;)

Irrational numbers can be described in finite space, yet extend
indefinitely with no discernable pattern.  Perhaps said company has
found a way to map arbitrary infinite-length data streams to short,
simple representations a la "digits 'x' through 'y' of pi". ;-)

(Note smiley.  This is tongue-in-cheek commentary on entropy.)


Eddy
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