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add image compression idea.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Mon, 15 Jul 2013 01:11:01 -0400 |
parents | 50e942c96843 |
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1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org Sat Jul 13 14:01:44 2013 -0400 1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org Mon Jul 15 01:11:01 2013 -0400 1.3 @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ 1.4 them with me or discuss them in more detail, I'd love to hear from 1.5 you. You can email me at ideas@aurellem.org. 1.6 1.7 +- image compression :: use a library like gimp or opencv to process an 1.8 + image to make it have less entropy, then store the reverse of 1.9 + those operations along with the compressed simpler image as a 1.10 + super-compressed image file (possibly sccapting some 1.11 + lesses). Trades file size for decompression time, and allows one 1.12 + to cheat by using information in gimp/opencv to compress the 1.13 + image. 1.14 + 1.15 - fixed cryopreservation :: why not use a fixative to buy enough time 1.16 to ramp up cryoprotectants to an acceptable level at room 1.17 temperature? Then, the whole system can be rapidly cooled and