entropy (random bits) question

From: Clayton Weaver (cgweav_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/04/04

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    If we feed digitized random electronic noise to
    a decompression algorithm, are we losing entropy
    from the original data stream or propagating the
    randomness of the original input to more data?

    (I don't have any particular decompression
    algorithm in mind. Speed and locality of reference
    would be best in this context.)

    Regards,

    Clayton Weaver
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    "Everyone is ignorant, just about different things." Will Rogers

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