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??? JPEG uses the redundant(or neglect-able) information in 8x8 blocks. I do not see how text is information of 8x8 blocks with neglect-able information within this block...


It's not. I think it would have been more insightful, if they outputted the text file to WAV instead, and then compared the audio quality of MP3 compressed version of the WAV file. Bring the Noise. Only true audiophiles can hear the difference.

Next up, the startling results of outputting a text file to random locations in RAM...Basically the author was just bored.




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