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SUPPOSE WE REPLACE EACH WORD IN THE ORIGINAL STORY BY THE NUMBER THAT INDICATES ITS POSITIONS IN THE LIST OF ALL WORDS:
SAM I AM ==> 33 21 2

WITH THIS SCHEME IT WILL TAKE:

53 x 4.58 + 52 = 286 CHARACTERS TO LIST THE WORDS

2 x 809 = 1618 DIGITS TO REPLACE THE TEXT

1904 CHARACTERS FOR THE TOTAL TEXT.

THIS IS QUITE A BIT SMALLER THAN THE 3236 CHARACTER REQUIRED TO WRITE OUT THE ORIGINAL TEXT.



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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " Why GIF? Why JPEG? " within the topic "Using and Understanding Digital Images". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "Using and Understanding Digital Images" can be accessed using the links below.
  • Basics of HTML Image Tags
  • Images
  • Digital Images
  • DIGITAL IMAGES
  • PAINT BY NUMBER
  • DIVIDING INTO PIXELS
  • SAMPLING WITHIN PIXELS
  • PIXEL RESOLUTION
  • Why GIF? Why JPEG?
  • "RGB" COLOR
  • WHY 255?
  • 24-BIT COLOR
  • A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF "GREEN EGGS AND HAM"
  • KEEPING THE DIGITS IN DIGITAL
  • LOW-FAT EGGS AND HAM
  • 8-BIT COLOR
  • 8-BIT VS. 24-BIT
  • "LOSSLESS" COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES
  • "LOSSY" COMPRESSION
  • HTML Color and Image Options
  • SNOW "FFFFFF" AND BASIC "000000"
  • HTML COLOR ATTRIBUTES
  • OPTIONAL ESSENTIALS
  • VERTICAL IMAGE ALIGNMENT
  • HORIZONTAL IMAGE ALIGNMENT
  • LINE BREAKS