# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1373865061 14400
# Node ID 1b9df83db1f5ee0933d868973dd424e817854c4a
# Parent  8aa965b5ae9ab1c0fe8e08e8bb5262d3e0736fff
add image compression idea.

diff -r 8aa965b5ae9a -r 1b9df83db1f5 org/ideas.org
--- a/org/ideas.org	Sat Jul 13 14:01:44 2013 -0400
+++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Jul 15 01:11:01 2013 -0400
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
 them with me or discuss them in more detail, I'd love to hear from
 you. You can email me at ideas@aurellem.org.
 
+- image compression :: use a library like gimp or opencv to process an
+     image to make it have less entropy, then store the reverse of
+     those operations along with the compressed simpler image as a
+     super-compressed image file (possibly sccapting some
+     lesses). Trades file size for decompression time, and allows one
+     to cheat by using information in gimp/opencv to compress the
+     image. 
+
 - fixed cryopreservation :: why not use a fixative to buy enough time
      to ramp up cryoprotectants to an acceptable level at room
      temperature? Then, the whole system can be rapidly cooled and