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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!murphy2.servtech.com!hal9000.buf.servtech.com!rchandra From: rchandra@hal9000.buf.servtech.com (Joe Philipps) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: X Compression Re: Sometimes you need X server source Date: 4 Apr 1996 03:39:12 GMT Organization: Discovery, orbiting Jupiter Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4jvg90$71i@murphy2.servtech.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <ragnaroek1996Mar28.063723.8733@news2.compulink.com> <4jkg1l$dl@titan.saturn.net> <4jua25$khh@athos.cc.bellcore.com> Reply-To: rchandra@letter.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hal9000.buf.servtech.com Originator: rchandra@hal9000.buf.servtech.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14129 comp.os.linux.development.system:20653 comp.os.linux.hardware:35390 comp.os.linux.setup:48960 comp.os.linux.x:28530 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:444 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2980 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16623 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2746 comp.windows.x:87045 As more examples, how about the speech compression in the firmware of a Dialogic board, MPEGs, JPEGs, and VJ as part of PPP? Any of these sources would compress horribly if a straight bitstring(s) compression were used. But since certain characteristics of the data stream are known in advance, certain optimizaions can be made. :^) -- Oooooo-oooo-oooo-ooooo, Oooooo-oooo-oooo-ooooo, Ooooo-weem-oh-wum-ooo-ayyy In the jungle, the silicon jungle, the process sleeps tonight. Joe Philipps <rchandra@letter.com> http://www.servtech.com/public/rchandra/