From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 21:02:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167EC16A400 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 21:02:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3AC13C44B for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 21:02:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l48L5WNh039790; Tue, 8 May 2007 14:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l48L5WCK039789; Tue, 8 May 2007 14:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 14:05:31 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: usleepless@gmail.com Message-ID: <20070508210531.GA39659@thought.org> References: <20070508170501.GA35731@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Another slightly OT q... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 21:02:50 -0000 On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:16:11PM +0200, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > On 5/8/07, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > Does anybody have any websites where I can look up the latest > > in compression technology? I've got a very thin ISDL link > > so pulling streams over is like looking at postage-stamp images. > > > > There were whispers about fractal-compression as being the golden > > goal, but I can't find much about this one. Anybody have any > > clues here? > > > > thanks up front, > > > > gary > > see: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Sloot > > about the " Sloot Digital Coding System". great stuff. > Danke. I found the english wkik entry so I could understand the piece. Since Sloot is dead, no way of knowing. But this is the kind of leap forward that would save, oh, a few measley $Billions. And give millions of us faster and broader access. cheers! gary > regards, > > usleep -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix