"Last, the contestant will send me a decompressor and a compressed file, which will together total in size less than the original data file, and which will be able to restore the compressed file to the original state."
At the bottom of the page:
"There's almost universal agreement that I didn't compress anything..."
Since he didn't have any compressed file (or files), it seems he didn't meet the rules of the challenge.
I now these things might be easy to crack, but if they implement it correctly, then it does have benefits.
It might be at least a lot harder to steal important devices like hard drives containing confidential material if the government would use these in the places that need top security. It would also be nice to have some in the private sector. I'd like to have a nice DNA scanner with some Star Trek "whoosh" doors, and I know you would too.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want these in airports anymore than you do, but they DO have benefits.
This is getting pretty old. I remember not too long ago when I happend across a Department of Defense garage sale (so to speak). Once I got my new hardware home and checked out the hard drive, I found plans for my very own personal nuclear reactor. Apparently *someone* had forgotten to format the hard drive. Sufficed to say I made a nice amount of money off of eBay (I think the high bidder was in Pakistan).
But let's not worry about this new missing information, it was probably just Tom Cruise looking for the NOC-List.
I hope sooner or later artists like Metalicca and Dr. Dre will figure out that they can't prevent piracy. I searched Napster for "Dr. Dre" and got as many results as a few months ago. Those bans REALLY worked. Selling a custom mix on a CD-R is where the money is at these days. Then again the article states:
"People, including this techno-pirate who downloaded the film, will still go out to the theatre. People will still buy newspapers. They will still listen to commercial radio and television and still pay for CDs. "
Too bad, because I really wanted to see Lars on an episode of VH1's Where Are They Now digging in dumpster looking for something to eat.
The only purpose of video game emulators are to play illegal copied games from the Internet.
It can be disputed whether the game are illegal, it can also be disputed if the only purpose of emulators is play these games, I'm sure developers of emulators have other reasons.
He insists on people calling it GNU Linux? Please. This seems like a ludicrous action, I don't think Gates would even do that. I'm going to call it Linux whether anyone likes it or not.
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Perhaps this is semantics, but how would compression within the rules be any different than real-world compression?
"Last, the contestant will send me a decompressor and a compressed file, which will together total in size less than the original data file, and which will be able to restore the compressed file to the original state."
At the bottom of the page:
"There's almost universal agreement that I didn't compress anything..."
Since he didn't have any compressed file (or files), it seems he didn't meet the rules of the challenge.
I now these things might be easy to crack, but if they implement it correctly, then it does have benefits.
It might be at least a lot harder to steal important devices like hard drives containing confidential material if the government would use these in the places that need top security. It would also be nice to have some in the private sector. I'd like to have a nice DNA scanner with some Star Trek "whoosh" doors, and I know you would too.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want these in airports anymore than you do, but they DO have benefits.
This is getting pretty old. I remember not too long ago when I happend across a Department of Defense garage sale (so to speak). Once I got my new hardware home and checked out the hard drive, I found plans for my very own personal nuclear reactor. Apparently *someone* had forgotten to format the hard drive. Sufficed to say I made a nice amount of money off of eBay (I think the high bidder was in Pakistan).
But let's not worry about this new missing information, it was probably just Tom Cruise looking for the NOC-List.
Do I get bad movie reference Karma?
I hope sooner or later artists like Metalicca and Dr. Dre will figure out that they can't prevent piracy. I searched Napster for "Dr. Dre" and got as many results as a few months ago. Those bans REALLY worked. Selling a custom mix on a CD-R is where the money is at these days. Then again the article states:
"People, including this techno-pirate who downloaded the film, will still go out to the theatre. People will still buy newspapers. They will still listen to commercial radio and television and still pay for CDs. "
Too bad, because I really wanted to see Lars on an episode of VH1's Where Are They Now digging in dumpster looking for something to eat.
After 10 years of great shows, it has come to an end. Crow, Tom Servo, Mike, Gypsy, Mrs. Forrester, Brain Guy, Bobo, I'll miss you all.
By the way MST3K merchandise can be found here
This is worse than Jar Jar
-BWing
That reclining position looks too silly for the office. My desk and chair work good enough for me.
--BWing
The only purpose of video game emulators are to play illegal copied games from the Internet.
It can be disputed whether the game are illegal, it can also be disputed if the only purpose of emulators is play these games, I'm sure developers of emulators have other reasons.
--BWing
I need to get my hands on one of those R2-D2 Art Centers!!!
Brain...overloading...
Didn't Altavista and Yahoo get shut down for links to porn?
He insists on people calling it GNU Linux? Please. This seems like a ludicrous action, I don't think Gates would even do that. I'm going to call it Linux whether anyone likes it or not.