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πfs - the data-free filesystem!
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Enhanced metadata #33

Open ghost opened 9 years ago

ghost commented 9 years ago

Assume a moderately-sized file wanting to compress. Since there is a SMALL chance of the hexadecimal data as a singular part of pi. So why not multiple parts? Example is example:

Data: ABSODJ

Pi: AABBABFSODIJ

Data in Pi: aabbABdSODiJ

Metadata: Letters 5-6,8-11,13

I know the example is not using hexadecimal data, but I am too lazy.

joshstrange commented 8 years ago

Ahh, just started reading through the other issue, looks like this is more or less what I just posted https://github.com/philipl/pifs/issues/42

I think the point of this project is that EVERY piece of hexadecimal data is a singular part of pi but what you (and I) are suggesting is that finding smaller parts of the whole might be much faster than looking for the whole thing.