On May 19, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Landon Stewart wrote: > 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.
While many folk have said "You've just invented compression", I'm going to be a little more specific -- "Wavelet compression". W > > > -- > 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 >
