Re: WHOA!! Backup the JPG truck...

[P3D Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike K. writes

>What ever became of the company coming out with fractal compression that
>was supposed to REALLY compress images but with good fidelity?  Haven't
>heard much from them lately.  Must be more than five years since they had
>their 15-minutes in the national limelight.

Yea, I remember reading about it and it sounded promising. Maybe the math
was a bit tough. ;-) Or maybe the military bought them out. Good thing
though, if that's the case. You wouldn't want that kind of technology
being used by some happless hacker hobbyists, would you? ;-) It would
upset the balance of power.

Gabriel ;-), just winking, I mean thinking!


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