Random Data Compressed 100:1 (Guffaw)

[F. Marc de Piolenc]

I think they may be referring to a random string of _ASCII characters_.
That would be subject to compression because it is not random at the bit
level. 

But 100:1? I have no idea how to achieve that.

Marc de Piolenc

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> > What exactly is random data? Does it have to appear to be random? Does
> > it have to pass some set of statistical tests to be random? If a string
> 
> I'm naturally skeptical of this claim (until I can verify it for
> myself), but I do not believe the claim is "we can encode random data
> at 100:1."  They seem to be talking about 100:1 lossless compression
> of real-world data, which is generally not random.
> 
> -DEclan

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