Re: [SLUG] On compression and safety

[Jamie Honan <jhonan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >     http://razip.sourceforge.net/

> and while i'm in cut'n'paste mode:
> 
>     error checking (you can check the integrity of your file);
>     
>     error recovery (the user can choose the maximum number of
>     bytes each single bit error in the compressed stream will be
>     able to affect);
> 
> looks /<-rad.  (is that short for Conrad-rad?  hmm.)

Indeed, it does look the bees-knees. On thinking about things - well
idly day-dreaming actually - this may not be as useful in real life.

The failure indication you are likely to get is "this block failed
bad luck" rather than "here's a block with dodgy bits - good luck
fixing".

Jamie