Subject: Re: A better challenge (Was: Desert Island Fics)
From: Hitomi Ichinohei
Date: 11/7/1996, 3:28 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, David C. Yi wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, White Wolf wrote:

I have a better idea.  Suppose you could only print out 1.4 megs of
stories before going.  (Size of one disk, you didn't have a printer, and
only had one blank disk.  Work with me!)

Two words:  file compression :)

I have a better word, factilization.  1.4 Megabytes of text becomes 85 
Killobytes of data which can still be printed.

Alternatively, you only had 200 sheets of paper.

I'll take those newspaper sized sheets of paper ;)

Easy enough.  I'll arrange to take home a micro-reader.  It allows me to 
read stuff that is printed at the size of 2 pica.  Very efficent on paper.

Hitomi

Ichinohei Hitomi
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