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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Miguel,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have uploaded EMIT sample images to the CWE MHDC test data folder.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you might know, uploading to the CWE can fail if the file is too large. So I thought to myself, “Gee, if only we had some effective way of making these images smaller…”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I split each image in half (an “A” and “B” file) and compressed each one using my old implementation of 123B1 (since, as far as I know, there is no publicly available implementation of 123B2). When you get a chance, could you confirm that
your publicly available Emporda software correctly decompresses the images?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was happy to see that you are an official on the data compression competition. When I saw the prize money, I thought, “Hmm, maybe I should enter and perhaps I’ll win some money and turn pro!” But then I remember that I get paid.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know when you guys start casting the data compression reality TV show. I want to audition for it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aaron<o:p></o:p></p>
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