psychoceramics: Jules Gilbert at his finest

[Neil Harris <neil @ nharris.demon.co.uk>]

>From: c--@s--.ici.net (Jules Gilbert)
>Newsgroups: comp.compression
>Subject: A compression demo at MIT
>Date: 20 Aug 1996 14:29:06 -0400
>Organization: The Internet Connection, Inc.
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>Hello <Dr. dept-head>
>
>I was thinking of showing up this coming Monday or Tuesday afternoon to demo a
>program that many people believe does not exist.
>
>I wrote a program whichs reads previously compressed files, and recompresses
>them, making them much smaller.  And, of course, the output of my compressor
>program can be run on itself, making the final result file smaller still.
>
>Just because this is mathematically impossible, people (for some reason) think
>I can't actually be doing this.  Can you imagine that!
>
>Seriously, it is mathematically impossible to do exactly this.  But although my
>method is not a a fraud or a hoax, ie., their are no hidden files or anything
>like that, I actually do the above, and in a way which is useful, ie., the
>result can be decompressed after being transferred over a modem, etc.
>
>So may I come by and disrupt your afternoon next week?
>
>For me to do this, I need to be on a machine which is not on a network.
>
>I trust <person1>, <person2>, and <person3>.  (Arn't I picky!)
>
>Sincerely,
>Jules
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>Contact me Jules Gilbert <c--@i--.net> if you'd like more information.