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		spot on Dec 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BPG Image format Fractal compression is a scam. The "resolution independent" part especially.

anigbrowl on Dec 5, 2014 [–]

http://www.ams.org/notices/199606/barnsley.pdf

andreasvc on Dec 5, 2014 | | [–]

That definitely looks like a scam ...

Figure 2 absolutely does not contain the level of detail reproduced in the--supposedly--fractal compressed versions in figure 3 and 4.

TazeTSchnitzel on Dec 5, 2014 | | [–]

How the hell did they reverse entropy on that photo?

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