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That doesn't really fix the problem, what if that random data happened to compress well? The solution is to not compress anything while downloading.
by kcbanner 15y ago
That doesn't really fix the problem, what if that random data happened to compress well? The solution is to not compress anything while downloading.
- cbr 15y agoA large quantity of random data is incredibly unlikely to compress well.
- gojomo 15y ago"Random data' [1] will not compress well [2]. [1] high-entropy in any of the usually-available ways [2] for any compression system actually deployed, as opposed to one contrived to match specifically the 'random' source