Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data

2016-07-13 Thread Tim Delaney
On 14 July 2016 at 05:35, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Michael Torrie : > > If the data is truly random then it does not matter whether you have 5 > > bytes or 5 GB. There is no pattern to discern, and having more chunks > > of random data won't make it possible to compress. > > That's true if "truly

Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data

2016-07-13 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Michael Torrie : > If the data is truly random then it does not matter whether you have 5 > bytes or 5 GB. There is no pattern to discern, and having more chunks > of random data won't make it possible to compress. That's true if "truly random" means "evenly distributed". You might have genuine ra

Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data

2016-07-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-07-13, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 07/13/2016 03:46 AM, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote: >> It is not that the data is not compressible i just need more chunks >> or random data, it is the footprint of the algorithm that has a >> certain it is a structure afterall albeit richer in interpre

Re: [OT] Compression of random binary data

2016-07-13 Thread Michael Torrie
On 07/13/2016 03:46 AM, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote: > It is not that the data is not compressible i just need more chunks > or random data, it is the footprint of the algorithm that has a > certain it is a structure afterall albeit richer in interpretation > than the numerical field. Err, no,