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Could be a different story, but I have this vague recollection of someone who, by taking advantage of sloppy wording, won a bet against someone else who said he
by maw 8y ago
Could be a different story, but I have this vague recollection of someone who, by taking advantage of sloppy wording, won a bet against someone else who said he couldn't compress random data.
This was a long time ago, maybe as long as twenty years ago. I'd love to find it again, though.
- pianom4n 8y agoSounds like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9163782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9163782
- abhgh 8y agoDo you mean this - [1]? Yes, this was pretty cool! I esp liked how Mike, the person initiating the bet, initially was super-confident he'd win: It would be very easy to point out to him the impossibility of his task, but far more interesting to see how long he will struggle with the problem before realizing it for himself. [1] http://www.patrickcraig.co.uk/other/compression.php http://www.patrickcraig.co.uk/other/compression.php
- maw 8y agoYes, that's it. Thanks, and thanks too to pianom4n. And, yeah, Mike ought to have paid.