I think they may be referring to a random string of _ASCII characters_.
That would be subject to compression because it is not random at the bit
level.
But 100:1? I have no idea how to achieve that.
Marc de Piolenc
Declan McCullagh wrote:
What exactly is random data? Does it have to appear
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ken Brown wrote:
Michael Motyka wrote:
Here we go :
As Eric correctly points out, true random input simply cannot be
compressed, it doesn't matter how clever you are or how much time and
computing power you have access to.
This is a statement of belief
