On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 01:03, Alan Shutko wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > You can never convert it into a single unique number. That can be proved > > to be impossible. > > No, it can't. Counter-proof: let the MP3 represent a single number, > base 256, where the first byte is the lowest-order digit, second byte > next lowest order, etc. Every unique MP3 is now a unique (really, > really big) number. >
Thats nice, and might be close to the truth, numerically. The problem is that this is true as long as you seriously limit your domain. Without limiting the possible signals I can build a signal you can't produce a unique number for whatever encoding you use. But you are right, since we are talking about a very limited domain in this case, since wav and mp3 or both lossy (44khz wav can't properly reconstruct signals with more then 22khz). > -- > Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - I am the rocks. > "Fax licks mole a$$es..." > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
