On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Vitkovsky, Adam <avitkov...@emea.att.com>wrote:
> >"inverse problem" > This is what I believe Landon meant in his original post > > Everybody started talking about compression -but that is I believe sending > the result of the function -where both nodes know the function > > But how hard if at all possible is to figure out a function(or set of > functions) and variables that describe the given data > > And than just send those functions and variables to the other node > And let it to recompute the original file > > Complex function can be represented by simple numbers to shrink down the > amount of data to be sent over the wire > > If the file is: 1048576 > > -than that coule be represneted via: > 1*1 > X=2 > Y=10 > Where both nodes would know that 1 = x^y > Just wanted to say yes, this is entirely what I meant. Of course the smaller the file the more pointless it gets but still... If the file was 1GB instead of just 7 bytes I'm wondering if a regular old workstation could put it back together in any reasonable amount of time with the equation. -- Landon Stewart <lstew...@superb.net> SuperbHosting.Net by Superb Internet Corp. Toll Free (US/Canada): 888-354-6128 x 4199 Direct: 206-438-5879 Web hosting and more "Ahead of the Rest": http://www.superbhosting.net
