This is a solid example of outrageous author rights violations and unreal claims. Or of a joke.
Creators claim: "We would like to introduce you to a new Compression Technology named LAN (patent pending) which aims to offer good compression ratio's for most data types (Images, Audio, Video, Texts), a first beta version for our first product (Infima Archiver) is available at www.myinfima.com." They also claim surrealistic results for video compression on their site. Here this archiver is soundly and in a justifiable way blamed for concealed usage of many third-parties archivers and compressors to do the actual job.
Created: 04/04/2006
by Nir HalowaniMore...
Patrick Craig has an interesting tale to tell. Without being a data compression expert, he managed to beat the $5000 compression challenge. You won't see him taking an ocean cruise with his winnings, though. DCL reader commented: The challenge was obviously met.
Created: 25/04/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
Demasoni is working on a revolutionary new data compression method, using something called the Starr Transform.
Created: 04/07/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
It appears that the technology promised by Adam Clark has found a buyer. MWC is paying $11 million for the IP that is reputed to be able to create a full-screen video experience over normal voice lines.
Created: 14/10/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
Hash Zip attempts to store 256 byte blocks by hashing them down to 30 byte blocks. Decompression seems problematic.
Created: 19/07/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
A great example of an incredible compression claim. There's just a teeny tiny bit good thinking in here, and a huge amount of tangential speculation attempting to walk upright on two legs. Read it and just be glad the author doesn't seem to be raising funds.
Created: 01/04/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
Kevin Short at the University of New Hampshire has created a company called Chaoticom that is raising money to develop his new idea called Chaotic Compression Technology. Until we see some papers, algorithms, or products this is going to have to be categorized as an Incredible Claim.
Created: 27/03/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
Back in 1998 I heard from a poor soul who was being encouraged to put some money into the Premier America, makers of the MINC Compression System. Seeing that MINC promised an iterative compression system that guaranteed any ratio you cared to dial in, I encouraged him to run, not walk, away from this opportunity. This led to an email conversation with someone from the company, assuring me that they would have a real product on the market quite soon now.
I haven't heard a peep out of Premier America since then, so hopefully they have stopped raising funds for their unlikely system. Fortunately, a good soul named Chez DuLac has preserved MINC's manifesto on his web site, along with his reasoned rebuttal.
Created: 21/03/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
Pegasus Web Services has a new compression algorithm that they say can put 1.2GB on a floppy disk! No demo software yet, but if you're interested in licensing the technology they are ready to talk.
Created: 15/09/2002
by Mark NelsonMore...
This isn't a new story, but the Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville gives a lot of detail in this treatment. A fellow named Madison Priest seems to have pulled in millions with his promises of hardware that can push high quality movies over conventional phone lines. Lots of interesting details, including the famous coax line hidden in the power cord! The second part of this story can be found
here.
Created: 09/05/2002
by Mark NelsonMore...
The folks at Zeosync have been making some pretty bold claims regarding their yet-to-be-shown compressin tools. This patent application might open the door a bit.
Created: 07/04/2002
by Mark NelsonMore...
PCWorld takes a skeptical look at Zeosync's claims, and looks askance at the felony conviction of a key employee.
Created: 02/03/2002
by Mark NelsonMore...
Pixelon shows what happens when technology gets mixed up with big bucks and shady characters. The Industry Standard ran a great story on it, but as they have gone belly up
this link may not work any more. So this CNet news article will have to do.
Reader Tim A. points out that they also claim that 'No longer is it necessary to produce complex waveforms by summing sinusoidal signals at varying frequencies', yet later call their process an 'additive reconstruction process'. Sounds much like the same process to me, just with different starting waveforms..
Created: 28/12/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
Jules Gilbert has made a number of interesting and provocative posts to comp.compression. His claims have been met with vocal objections, but lack of public resolution will hamper the interested researcher.
Created: 05/12/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
Teddy Turner, son of CNN mogul Ted Turner, was apparently named in a lawsuit in 1999 over an alleged misrepresentation of compression claims. A Florida company named Vision Tek claimed it could pump video over normal phone lines at high speeds, but was not able to satisy its investors, leading to a court case.
Created: 26/10/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
This issue of the newsletter talks about randomness, complexity, and a long-time favorite, recursive compression.
Created: 11/08/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
This issue of the Data Compression Newsletter from Dr. Dobb's Journal looks at an idea for compression that doesn't quite pan out.
Created: 05/07/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
This issue of the Data Compression Newsletter from DDJ highlights a few of the better Incredible Claims to come along - including the biggest of all, the Pixelon fraud case.
Created: 05/07/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
Lossy data compression which can reduce input files to 0% of their size. Hint: product was released April 1, 2000. DCL reader Tim A. marvels: Wow! it's even faster than tarring to /dev/null!
Created: 08/04/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
This is a recurring theme in comp.compression, which I call "The Magic Function Theory." It sounds like a good idea, but analysis shows that it won't work.
Created: 13/07/2000
by Mark NelsonMore...
The comp.compression newsgroup regularly sees posts from folks with incredible compression claims. This one, started by Itai Bar-Haim, is remarkable not so much for its claims, but rather for the incredible length of the thread it spawned. All Atai said was that mathematical combinations have nothing to do with compression. So there.
Created: 27/06/2000
by Mark NelsonMore...
Charles Bloom works up a quick coder that will compress random bytes down to about 6 bits per byte. Quite a feat, but it doesn't stand up to close scrutiny.
Created: 06/01/2000
by Mark NelsonMore...
ADAM CLARK could be sitting on an invention with the potential to turn the computer world on its head, not to mention the worlds of telecommunications and broadcasting. The 22-year-old Knoxfield developer claims to have cracked a conundrum that has stumped researchers for years - how to deliver broadcast quality sound and video down plain old telephone line. Note: there is a $1AUS charge for viewing this article. :-(
Created: 21/09/1999
by Mark NelsonMore...
"I do believe that my product is superior to all other compression algorithms to date. It is lossless, works on any file type on any platform, is recursive (ie, the compressed file can be compressed again, and then again, and so on) so that ANY size file can be compressed to 16 bytes or less. I know this sounds like "perpetual motion" but it does work and I can prove it."
Created: 11/01/1999
by Mark NelsonMore...
This Wikipedia entry describes lossless data compression, includes a short explanation of the famous counting argument, which proves that any compressor cannot losslessly compress all files.
Created: 01/01/1970
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