Re: OOTW "secret message"

[fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)]

In article <CCF6y4.Bx4@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
>In article <66Gr03TYd9An00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden) writes:
>>Is the "secret message" in OOTW a well-known thing?  I just stumbled over it.
>>You kinda have to know LZSS to get the whole text though.
>
>Really?  I found it fine by snooping with a resource editor, and it generally
>was pretty readable as plaintext.

That's because it was compressed with LZSS.  Try compressing a text file
with lots of proper nouns and unusual words with HardPressed and try to
read it.  You'll get the first few okay, but it gradually deteriorates, with
the occasional readable fragment.

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fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
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