[OT] Compression of random binary data

[Grant Edwards]

On 2016-07-13, Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/13/2016 03:46 AM, jonas.thornvall at 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.

Well, thanks for that.  Not only was it authentic frontier
gibberish...

> Err, no, that does not apply to "random."  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.

You might as well be arguing with Ludwig Plutonium.

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