[SGVLUG] CD permanency

[Marsden MacRae]

Terry Hancock wrote:
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> Note also that if you use a data compression algorithm to
> reduce a file by a factor of, say, 5, then store that file 5
> times, you can reconstruct the original by a voting
> algorithm from the five files, even if they are severely
> (but randomly) damaged.  Someday, someone's going to need
> to develop that.
> 
> Cheers,
> Terry
> 


Thanks all of you, that's way more info than I used to have! now I can 
at least make relatively educated guesses.

cheers
Marsden