New compression method

[rbayer]

Originally Posted by Aalfabob

Isnt the formula combinations = bytes ^ values

so like a 512 byte peice of data ^ 256 possible charactors = 3.742e+693 combinations?

edit - Nm got the wrong formula from someone.

Close, but not quite. If you want to think of it that way, it's actually 256 ^ 512. Think about it this way: there are 256 possiblities for the first byte, times 256 for the second, times 256 for the third, etc, etc. Thus, you get 256*256*256*... = 256 ^ 512.