NODE 9c0059feRe: why compression doesn't perfectly even out entropy
frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)Fri, 19 Apr 1996 06:05:30 +0800
I suspect, that all of us, Perry included, will react the same way if we
find that our one time pads read like "Hamlet", or equally likely, "The
Comedy of Errors". That is, we will tear the source of the pad apart to
find out why it isn't working. If we find that it IS working correctly, we
will wish we had used that one truly magic[*] moment to buy tickets in as
many lotteries as possible.
* Probability much less than 10 ** -50 in the life of the universe.
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NODE f6c4c25fRe: why compression doesn't perfectly even out entropy
Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:49:54 +0800
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I suspect, that all of us, Perry included, will react the same way if we
> find that our one time pads read like "Hamlet", or equally likely, "The
> Comedy of Errors". That is, we will tear the source of the pad apart to
> find out why it isn't working. If we find that it IS working correctly, we
> will wish we had used that one truly magic[*] moment to buy tickets in as
> many lotteries as possible.
Much the same feeling I had when I got a royal flush playing for matchsticks
:-)
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