At least the planning office isn't at Alpha Centari...

What kind of shows do you go to??

Nah REAL men set the constants of the universe such that....

I'm so sorry.

I know the point was flash on the iPad, but I really don't care very much about flash. I only use it for when youtube refuses to give me Html5 videos.

So THATS what the poster means by "a Gigabit-speed version of Internet Explorer."

Just sayin- iPad users can already use a "cloud-accelerated web browser" - for free. One of the best browsers out there: Opera.
Opera needs some love....

Super glue is amazing it's true I use it as well. Although for cuts that are likely to get infected liquid bandage would probably be better- it has a disinfectant in with the glue. #1 in my first aid kit :)

I pulled up the article, started reading, that picture was NOT originally of Bill Gates.

Alright, I apologize. I was in the wrong. It also came off significantly more sarcastic than I meant it too. The point that I tried (and failed) to make was that there really is nothing that should make anyone feel dumb, it's really just a lack of learning that can be fixed. Thank you for calling me out.

I don't think he was ever trying to get anyone to believe he's not wrong, he seems to just be having a bit of fun by making a work-around that *almost* looks like it works

I did very much enjoy reading that, thank you. The genius of many people trying to solve their own specific problems never ceases to amaze me. (I was also regrettably unaware of what a "trie" was until now- learn something new every day)

Looks like a way cool idea- obviously the "grenade" form is just a gimmick, but TFA says they're working on an Android app that does the same thing as well. It is things like these that will make us encrypt our data streams better.

What really blew my mind though was in the first source there's a pic of him holding a torch in his mouth! And I thought I was BA for holding the soldering iron in my mouth...

I'm very sorry basic data compression arises (or we ARE talking about emails- GET VIAGRA NOW- it arouses) such a phobia in you. With a little learning, you too could be a knowledgeable data compression amateur.

Close, actually. Very close. They split the headers it's true, but he compresses the emails together so that emails that are exactly (or almost exactly) the same ("get viagra now!" or a newsletter) don't have to be stored in different places in memory. Only large emails get LZMA (much better than bzip fyi).

The end result is that he made his own compression-for-emails, where it scans strings in every email and stores the same strings in memory, with the emails storing only pointers to the strings.
For large emails (he says >20k as an estimate), he applies LZMA on top of that, with a sliding dictionary based on the emails from the last few hours or so.

All in all a very good read for someone (like me) who has an interest in data compression but knows little about it yet. I like to read other people's thought processes.

Reminds me of another good read I found in someone's ./ comment about "compressing" random data: http://www.patrickcraig.co.uk/other/compression.htm

I had to read it about 3 times...