Yes, but what about cascading it? The index may be large compared to the actual data being represented, but why not find another pair of offset/length that represent the first offset? Of course, by saying this, I'm just trying to force it to be inductive -- that a pointer to the data may be smaller than the data itself, and that a pointer to that pointer may be even smaller...but the information content is always going to be a driving factor, so yes, as a compression method, this sucks.
If I remember correctly, there was an ongoing flamewar in a compression newsgroup, where somebody kept insisting that 127 bytes could represent anything, and it was largely using the kind of logic as seen above.
In any case, with the first post, I was being facetious. The comment about requiring more energy than that in the universe was an indication of this.
...or that the next Napster-clone will be called e-ster, and it will distribute the offset into the number e and the length that represents a particular song.
Now we just need a fast way to generate arbitrary digits of e (without having to compute from the beginning each time) and an even faster method of searching those digits (distributed.net?) to match up with actual files.
Talk about data compression. Of course, the amount of computational energy needed to pull this off probably exceeds the amount of energy in the universe...
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It is my understanding that (at least some of) the crew of the Challenger survived the initial explosion, as the flight recorder showed their attempts to regain control. It is believed that they died upon impact with the ocean, a fall of ten nautical miles that caused them to go through their six-point harnesses. Of course, in that case, there was no possible way for them to abort or otherwise escape the craft.
So, now that we can fire bullets underwater, how much longer until I get my disruptor pulse launcher?
Does any of this sound like the flying subs out of X-Com 2?
I think they'll need Ion Drive Accelerators at least, and maybe some Magnetic Navigation, Alien Sub Constructions, and a load of Aqua Plastics to pull off anything very useful out of this...
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If I remember correctly, there was an ongoing flamewar in a compression newsgroup, where somebody kept insisting that 127 bytes could represent anything, and it was largely using the kind of logic as seen above.
In any case, with the first post, I was being facetious. The comment about requiring more energy than that in the universe was an indication of this.
...or that the next Napster-clone will be called e-ster, and it will distribute the offset into the number e and the length that represents a particular song. Now we just need a fast way to generate arbitrary digits of e (without having to compute from the beginning each time) and an even faster method of searching those digits (distributed.net?) to match up with actual files. Talk about data compression. Of course, the amount of computational energy needed to pull this off probably exceeds the amount of energy in the universe...
If it ended in 4, it wouldn't be prime.
It is my understanding that (at least some of) the crew of the Challenger survived the initial explosion, as the flight recorder showed their attempts to regain control. It is believed that they died upon impact with the ocean, a fall of ten nautical miles that caused them to go through their six-point harnesses. Of course, in that case, there was no possible way for them to abort or otherwise escape the craft.
Episode Two: Darth Vader hunts for Altoids
Some would argue that games involving stealth are in a genre of their own, and not merely first-person shooters (Thief, Deus-Ex, etc.).
Does any of this sound like the flying subs out of X-Com 2?
I think they'll need Ion Drive Accelerators at least, and maybe some Magnetic Navigation, Alien Sub Constructions, and a load of Aqua Plastics to pull off anything very useful out of this...
If the judge insisted on considering the breakup plan, then Microsoft said further hearings should be delayed until December.