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Look at the relevant part of the exchange:

> > I meant can I send you a compressor and several compressed files whose total file size is less than the original uncompressed file and from which I can regenerate the original uncompressed file > > Patrick

> Sure -- but you send me a decompressor, I don't need the compressor.

Was this "compressor" vs. "decompressor" actually a slip up, or intentional to distract from the importance of what he was asking?



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