Re: compression - insights into infinite

On Jun 1, 1:19 am, Jim Leonard <MobyGa...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 31, 6:32 pm, jules Gilbert <jules.sto...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have developed a fundamentally new class of compressor (which is
after all, a very interesting type of transform, mathematically.)  But
I need to convince others that I actually have done this, and that
means demonstations and the like.  Not showing the code, but at least
one or two private demos.

The only test that will convince anyone is to take an uncompressable
source (such as the million random-digit file, or a file provided by
Adler, Mahoney, etc.), compress it, and then make the decompressor +
compressed data file available to everyone.  This has several
benefits:

- Code + data file < size of original file proves that your system
does indeed compress any data
- Working decompression code proves the system functions and is
reversible
- You have a working system to then take public and get funding for

Remember, at no point do you make the *compressor* available, which
keeps your methods safe from theft.  Even for funding, you still don't
need to show anyone the compressor until everything is to your
satisfaction.  (You will be called on to provide more examples,
however, ie. repeatable tests with different files will need to be
compressed by you and the resulting compressed data made available for
trials.  Again -- you never show the compressor to anyone -- your
method is kept safe.)

Until you do that, it is somewhat pointless to make claims (unless you
are asking for help and/or advice).

I have a lot I'm trying to do, and I should have taken a few business
courses, too. I didn't.

Now, perhaps the wisest thing I can do (and this is about
compression,) is to quote a fragment of e-mail someone sent me
recently:


There are problems associated with attracting venture capital as well.
A venture capital firm will in most cases fire the founder and
founding team within months of a financing round. The Wall Street
Journal pointed this out in a article by Barnaby Federer from
September 30th, 2002:

"If you ask a VC what value they add, and you get them after a few
drinks, they'll say, 'We replace the CEO' ", he said. And that, he
indicated, does not vary with the economic climate.


I don't intend to get replaced; I intend to quit when I am no longer
needed. And yes, I'd love to have other options but right now I have
to finish this project; and that means to put some people in place who
know some things I don't. But -- this is the most critical statement
I can make -- I have a method that really does substantially reduce
the scope of the problem, it makes incompressible data compressible.

When I say I have a completely new method I am absolutely and
completely serious. I thought of it a few months ago and a friend
coded it up after a lunch conversation -- It's been shown to work.

I said I have a couple of private statements to make to you Jim. I'm
trying to get your email address -- just send me yours please, use
Google to get mine.

--jg


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