Compression of random binary data

[Ben Bacarisse]

Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:

> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:46 pm, danceswithnumbers at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Greg, you're  very smart, but you are missing a big key. I'm not padding,
>> you are still thinking inside the box, and will never solve this by doing
>> so. Yes! At least you see my accomplishment, this will compress any random
>> file.
>
> Talk is cheap.

But highly prized.  Most Usenet cranks only want to be talked to (they
see it as being taken seriously, no matter how rude the respondents are)
so for the cost of something cheap (a little babbling) they get an
endless stream of highly prized attention.

-- 
Ben.