[Gllug] Re: [linuxjobs] Cypher: help requested

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst Chris Bell announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Tue 01 Jun, Jim Bailey wrote:
> > 
> > On Jun 01, 11:31, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> > > So, an infinity:1 compression ratio for ITV then... (as compressing an
> > > entire night's viewing would result in a zero length file)
> > 
> > I don't think so, IANAM but some very odd things happen when
> > mathematicians start messing about with infinity.  Maybe a mathematician
> > could shed some light on it.
> > 
> > Peace Jim
> 
>    In this case you could try using calculus to determine the rate of change
> of compressed file size as the input file time/length approaches the day
> time/length.

Yeah, but.... ITV... I'm using the "Maybe it filters out stuff that's not
worth watching" algorithm...
:)
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